Nityananda Caritamrta

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Eating Pastimes of Çrémän Mahäprabhu and Lord Nityänanda
Mahäprabhu quickly got up and washed His hands. He then
picked up His mother, saying, “O mother, please get up. Please
calm yourself. Why have you suddenly fallen onto the floor?”
After awhile, mother Çacé regained her senses and quickly
tied her hair. She spoke not a word, but simply went and cried
within her room. While breathing heavily, her entire body
trembled. She was filled with love of God and had forgotten
everything else. Éçäna then cleaned the room after taking the
leftover food and washed the kitchen paraphernalia.
Éçäna served mother Çacé constantly. He was the most fortunate
person within the fourteen worlds. Similar pastimes were
enacted every day. No one but the confidential servants of the
Lord know the actual purport of these pastimes.
After Çré Gauräìga and Nityänanda Prabhu finished Their
lunch, mother Çacé anointed Their bodies with sandalwood
paste. She then offered Them various items for worship, including
flower garlands. Seeing Nityänanda satiated the eyes of
mother Çacé. She continued staring at Nityänanda’s face, having
become maddened by her affection for Him.
Çré Gauräìga told His mother, “You must treat Nityänanda
as Your own son. Take care of Him more affectionately than
you do Me.”
Mother Çacé looked at Nityänanda’s face, thinking Him to
be her own son. She said, “From now on, You are my son. Please
be kind to my Viçvambhara. From today on, both of You are my
sons.”
As she spoke, tears flowed constantly from mother Çacé’s
eyes. Out of motherly affection, she took Nityänanda on her
lap. Nityänanda offered obeisances at mother Çacé’s feet, thinking
her to be His affectionate mother. He sweetly said to her,
“Mother, what you say is true. I can declare with confidence
that I am actually your son 10 . O mother, please do not consider
10 The meaning of this is: “I am nondifferent from your son,
Viçvarüpa.” Çré Viçvarüpa merged within the body of Nityänanda. It
is for this reason that mother Çacé felt the same happiness from Nityänanda
as she felt while seeing Viçvarüpa.
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