Nityananda Caritamrta

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Lord Nityänanda’s Traveling to the Holy Places
stone melted hearing his lamentation. Häòäi became stunned
due to his absorption in devotional mellows and people began
to say that he had become a madman. He did not eat
any grain for three months. He survived only by the mercy of
Lord Kåñëa.
It is natural that, due to attachment, both the Lord and
His servants are unable to leave one another. This is the inconceivable
nature of the Lord and the Vaiñëavas. Lord Kapila
manifested indifference and left His widowed mother Devahüti.
Çukadeva Gosvämé left his Vaiñëava father, Çréla Vyäsadeva,
without even looking back. Lord Caitanya, the crest-jewel among
sannyäsés, left home, leaving His mother Çacé-devé alone. From
the spiritual point of view, such leaving is never actual leaving.
Some intelligent persons will understand this.
All these pastimes are performed for the deliverance of
the fallen souls. Hearing of such pastimes melts even stones. If
even a Muslim hears of such pastimes, as the lamentation of
Lord Rämacandra when He lost Sétä, he will certainly cry. Lord
Nityänanda Prabhu left home, wandering to the holy places by His
own sweet will and ecstasy. The Lord first went to Vakreçvara,
and then He went alone to Vaidyanätha. From Vaidyanätha, he
went to Gayä and then to Käçé, the abode of Lord Çiva where
the Ganges flows towards the north.
Lord Nityänanda was extremely pleased to see the Ganges.
He took bath and drank some water, yet this could not relieve
His grief. In the month of Mägha (January), the Lord took early
morning baths at Prayäga. Then He went to Mathurä, His former
birthplace. Lord Nityänanda sported in the waters of the
River Yamunä at Viçräma-ghäöa. Then He went with great curiosity
to see Govardhana Hill. He visited each of the twelve
forests, beginning with Våndävana. When He saw the house
and courtyard of Nanda Mahäräja at Gokula, He sat down and
cried profusely.
After offering His obeisances to Madana-Gopäla, Lord
Nityänanda left for Hastinäpura, the abode of the Päëòavas.
Seeing the Päëòavas’ home, He began to cry. The local people,
due to lack of devotion, were unable to understand the Lord’s
sentiments. Remembering Lord Balaräma’s glorious activities in
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