Nityananda Caritamrta
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Lord Nityänanda’s Traveling to the Holy Places<br />
Lord Nityänanda then continued His journey, going to<br />
Draviòa-deça. The Lord visited Veìkaöanätha, Kämakoñöhé<br />
Puri, Käïcé, and the River Käveré. There the Lord visited the<br />
sacred place of Çré Raìganätha. Then He went to Hari-kñetra,<br />
Åñabha Mountain, Madurai, and the Kåtamälä, Tämraparëé,<br />
and Uttara Yamunä rivers. He visited the äçrama of Agastya<br />
Åñi in the Malaya Hills. The residents there were all jubilant<br />
to see the Lord. The Lord stayed as a guest in their äçrama and<br />
then departed in deep ecstasy for Badarikäçrama.<br />
Lord Nityänanda stayed in seclusion for some days at the<br />
äçrama of Nara-Näräyäëa Åñis. He went to the äçrama of Çréla<br />
Vyäsadeva, who recognized that He was Lord Balaräma. Çréla<br />
Vyäsadeva personally received Lord Nityänanda as a guest, and<br />
the Lord offered His obeisances to him. The Lord then visited<br />
a Buddhist monastery where He found the residents all sitting<br />
together. The Lord asked a question, but no one replied. Becoming<br />
angry with them, the Lord kicked them in the head. They<br />
all simply smiled and ran away.<br />
Lord Nityänanda thus fearlessly continued His travels<br />
through the forest. He eventually arrived in Kanyä-kumäré. After<br />
seeing Goddess Durgä there, He went to see the Southern<br />
Ocean. He then went to Anantapura, and thereafter, He went<br />
to Païcäpsarä-kuëòa. He next visited the temple of Lord Çiva<br />
known as Gokarëa. He visited Kerala and the various places<br />
in Trigarta. He also visited Goddess Pärvaté, who dwells on an<br />
island near Gokarëa. The Lord then visited the Nirvindhyä,<br />
Payoñëé, and Täpi rivers. He went to the city of Mähiñmaté on<br />
the banks of the Revä River and saw Malla-tértha. The Lord<br />
then passed through the holy district of Sürpäraka on His way<br />
to the West.<br />
In ecstasy, Nityänanda Prabhu traveled in this way without<br />
fear of anyone. He had no control over His body due to ecstatic<br />
love for Kåñëa. Sometimes He cried and sometimes He laughed.<br />
Who could understand His ecstatic moods?<br />
Accepting Çré Caitanya and Nityänanda Prabhu as my life<br />
and soul, I, Våndävana däsa, sing the glories of Their lotus feet.<br />
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