Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
Lord Viçvambhara then said to Çréväsa, “You have been entrusted<br />
with a very heavy responsibility.”<br />
Çréväsa Paëòita replied, “This is not at all difficult for me.<br />
By Your mercy, everything is available at my house. All the necessary<br />
items, such as cloth, fragrant flowers, a sacred thread,<br />
ghee, betel nuts, and pän leaves are there in my house. I will<br />
only have to borrow a book that describes how to perform the<br />
Vyäsa-püjä ceremony. With great fortune, I will celebrate Vyäsapüjä<br />
tomorrow.”<br />
Hearing the words of Çréväsa Paëòita, Mahäprabhu was very<br />
pleased and all the Vaiñëavas happily chanted the holy names of<br />
Lord Hari. Lord Viçvambhara then said, “Listen, Çrépäda Gosäi.<br />
Please give Me permission so that we can all go to Çréväsa<br />
Paëòita’s house.”<br />
Nityänanda Prabhu was very happy to hear these words<br />
of the Lord. Thereafter, they all started for the house of<br />
Çréväsa Paëòita. Nityänanda and Viçvambhara, along with all<br />
the devotees, exactly resembled Balaräma and Kåñëa surrounded<br />
by the cowherd boys of Gokula. As soon as they entered Çréväsa<br />
Paëòita’s house, everyone felt boundless happiness within his<br />
heart. The Lord ordered them to lock the main entrance of<br />
Çréväsa Paëòita’s house. He allowed no one except the relatives<br />
of Çréväsa Paëòita to remain inside. The Lord then said to begin<br />
kértana. Everyone began an ecstatic kértana and thus lost<br />
external consciousness. Both Lords jubilantly danced while the<br />
devotees sang around Them.<br />
Çré Caitanya and Çré Nityänanda, who are eternally absorbed<br />
in love for each other, danced together while meditating<br />
on one another.<br />
Someone loudly shouted, someone else roared, another person<br />
fell senseless to the ground, and others simply cried. Symptoms<br />
of ecstasy, such as shivering, perspiration, the standing of<br />
the hair on end, and being unconscious due to love of God, were<br />
visible on the bodies of the two Lords. The two Lords danced,<br />
absorbed in Their own happiness. Sometimes They embraced<br />
and sometimes They cried. Both of Them tried to catch the other’s<br />
feet, but neither attained success. They both rolled on the<br />
ground in infinite happiness. They forgot Themselves, absorbed<br />
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