Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
As the two Lords sat together to have Their lunch, all were<br />
reminded of Çré Räma and Lakñmaëa eating together at the<br />
house of Kauçalyä. They thus began eating together with loving<br />
exchanges just like in Their former pastimes. Mother Çacé happily<br />
served Them Their food.<br />
Suddenly, the two plates of food became three plates right in<br />
front of her eyes. At this, the two Lords began to smile. Mother<br />
Çacé then went and brought more food. However, instead of the<br />
two Lords, she found two small boys no more than five years of<br />
age sitting together. She saw two exceedingly attractive boys,<br />
one having a blackish complexion and the other very fair. Both<br />
were four-handed and naked. They held a conch, disc, club, lotus,<br />
plough, and stick. They were decorated with the mark of<br />
Çrévatsa and the Kaustubha gem, and wore shark-shaped earrings.<br />
Mother Çacé saw her daughter-in-law within the heart of<br />
her son. Then, all of a sudden, she could not see anything as she<br />
fell unconscious to the floor. Her entire body and clothes had<br />
become wet due to her tears of love. The rice she was carrying<br />
scattered all over the room.<br />
used to call him Baòäi. He was born in a brähmaëa family and took<br />
initiation from Advaita Äcärya. When he expressed his desire to<br />
serve Advaita Prabhu, He sent him to the house of mother Çacé.<br />
When he came to the Lord’s house, the Lord was at that time a baby.<br />
Çacé-mätä kept him at her house and entrusted him with the responsibility<br />
of protecting and nourishing Çré Gauräìga. Since that time,<br />
Éçäna stayed at the house of the Lord and served Him while tolerating<br />
all kinds of mischievous behavior from Him. After Çré Gauräìga took<br />
sannyäsa, Éçäna looked after mother Çacé and Viñëupriyä. When both<br />
Çacé and Viñëupriyä left this world, Éçäna returned to the house of Advaita<br />
Äcärya in Çäntipura. Later, by the order of Sétä Öhäkuräëé, the<br />
consort of Advaita Äcärya, he married at an elderly age. Thereafter,<br />
he lived in a place called Bhaìga Math. It is said that both Jagannätha<br />
and Baladeva used to beg food from him and eat. By the blessing<br />
of Sétä Öhäkuräëé, Éçäna begot three sons that delivered the entire<br />
world. As soon as people heard the kértana of Éçäna’s eldest son, they<br />
would become overwhelmed with ecstatic love of God.<br />
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