Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
Whenever Jagäi and Mädhäi met the Lord at the ghäöa,<br />
they said, “Nimäi Paëòita, did You finish singing Your prayers<br />
to Goddess Durga? You all sing very nicely and so we like to<br />
hear You. We will give You everything we collect during the<br />
day.”<br />
The Lord stayed aloof from them, knowing them to be most<br />
sinful. Everyone else also avoided them. One day, after traveling<br />
around Nadia, as Nityänanda Prabhu returned home in the<br />
evening, He was suddenly confronted by the two brothers, Jagäi<br />
and Mädhäi. They screamed, “Who are You?”<br />
“I am going to Lord Caitanya’s house,” Nityänanda Prabhu<br />
replied.<br />
Intoxicated as usual, they asked Lord Nityänanda, “What is<br />
Your name?”<br />
“My name is Avadhüta,” Nityänanda replied.<br />
Absorbed in the mood of a child as one of His sweet pastimes,<br />
<strong>Nityananda</strong> Prabhu began conversing with the two<br />
drunkards. He had already decided to deliver these two fallen<br />
souls, and so He had purposely come to their place. Hearing the<br />
name “Avadhüta,” Mädhäi became extremely angry. He picked<br />
up his clay pitcher and struck Lord Nityänanda on the head. As<br />
the wound on His head bled, Nityänanda Prabhu simply remembered<br />
Lord Govinda.<br />
Seeing Nityänanda’s bleeding head, Jagäi became compassionate<br />
and so forbade Mädhäi from hitting Him again. “Why<br />
did you do such a cruel thing?” Jagäi said. “What will you gain by<br />
killing a beggar? Leave Him. It is not good to kill a sannyäsé.”<br />
People quickly went and informed Lord Caitanya of this incident.<br />
The Lord instantly rushed to that spot, along with His<br />
associates. Blood flowed from Lord Nityänanda’s head, but He<br />
simply smiled while standing between the two sinners. Seeing<br />
blood on Nityänanda Prabhu’s head, Lord Caitanya began to<br />
invoke His Sudarçana cakra.<br />
Jagäi and Mädhäi saw the Sudarçana cakra instantly come<br />
before them. At this time, all the devotees became bewildered in<br />
mind. Seeing the mood of Lord Caitanya, Nityänanda Prabhu<br />
implored, “O Lord, when Mädhäi tried to hit Me a second time,<br />
Jagäi restrained him. Although I am bleeding a little, I do not<br />
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