Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
lotus-eyed Lord loudly talked in a way that appeared incoherent.<br />
He smiled and moved His body to and fro in the mood of<br />
Saìkarñaëa. After a short while, the Lord returned to external<br />
consciousness.<br />
Explaining the meaning of His dream, The Lord was in the<br />
mood of Balaräma. The Lord said, “I have a feeling in My heart<br />
that some holy personality has arrived at Navadvépa. I already<br />
told all of you that we would meet Him soon. O Haridäsa, O<br />
Çréväsa Paëòita, go and find out who has come and where He<br />
has come from.”<br />
By the order of the Lord, both pure devotees (Haridäsa<br />
Öhäkura 3 and Çréväsa Paëòita 4 ) happily wandered throughout<br />
the town, searching all over Navadvépa for Lord Nityänanda.<br />
While wandering here and there, they happily talked to one<br />
another. They considered that Lord Saìkarñaëa might have<br />
come. They happily wandered through the streets of Navadvépa,<br />
but were unable to receive any news. After searching the entire<br />
town of Navadvépa for nine hours, they returned to the Lord<br />
without success.<br />
Haridäsa Öhäkura and Çréväsa Paëòita humbly reported to<br />
the Lord: “We did not find the person You spoke of anywhere<br />
in Navadvépa. We looked in the houses of sannyäsés, Vaiñëavas,<br />
jïänis, and atheists. We saw all of Navadvépa, but did not go to<br />
villages outside Navadvépa.”<br />
Hearing them, Çré Gaurasundara began to smile. On the<br />
pretext of ordering the search, He showed that Lord Nityä-<br />
3 Haridäsa Öhäkura was a famous devotee of Lord Gauräìga.<br />
He was the combined form of Lord Brahmä, the creator, and Prahläda<br />
Mahäräja, the devotee among the demons. Haridäsa was born in a<br />
Muslim family in the village of Burdwan. He took initiation from Advaita<br />
Äcärya and spent some time at Çäntipura and Pulia. He was<br />
beaten in twenty-two market places by the Muslim king of Bengal. He<br />
participated in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya in Navadvépa. Later, he<br />
came to Jagannätha Puré, where he spent the rest of his life. He left is<br />
body by his own sweet will while looking at the face of Lord Caitanya<br />
Mahäprabhu.<br />
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