Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata
Madhya-khanda -
By
Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura
Chapter Twelve
The Glories of Nityananda
TEXT 29
ihära
vyabhåra saba krsna-rasa-maya ihäne sevile krsna-prema-bhahti haya
"His
dealings are full of transcendental mellows for Krsna. Just by serving Him one
obtains devotional service in love of Krsna.
Since
Nityananda was always eager to serve Krsna in ecstatic love, simply by serving
Him the serving propensity of persons who are thirsty after loving devotional
service, to Krsna will be fully awakened. In Caitanya-caritämrta (Ädi 5.204) it
is stated as follows:
jaya jaya
nityänanda-caranäravinda yäìhä haite päinu çré-rädhä-govinda
"All
glory, all glory to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I have
attained Çré Rädhä-Govinda."
TEXT 30
bhahti
hari' ihäna haupéna bandha' sire mahäyatne ihä püjä kara giyä ghare"
"Tie
the piece of His kaupïna on your head with devotion. Go home and worship it
with great care."
päiyä prabhura
äjìä sarva-bhakta-gana parama ädare sire karilä bandhana
Being
ordered by the Lord, all the devotees respectfully tied those pieces of kaupéna
on their heads.
By the
order of Mahäprabhu all the devotees tied the pieces of kaupénas on their
heads, and by the order of the Lord they took them to their houses and
regularly worshiped them with devotion. To consider the clothes that the
Supreme Lord or His devotees wear below the navel on the lower parts of their
body as equal to the clothes ordinary people wear on the lower parts of their
body is completely against the intention of the devotional scriptures. The dust
of the feet and clothes for the lower part of the body of worshipable
personalities are sources of strength for persons who are hankering after
devotional service. If one considers these items abominable or equal to one's
own, then the first level of devotional service known as çraddhä, or faith, is
disturbed. In Caitanya- caritämrta (Antya 16.60) it is stated: "The dust
of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and
the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substan-
ces." There is no possibility of one obtaining devotional service to Visnu
until one is fixed in the understanding: chädiyä vaisnava-sevä nistära päyeche
kebä—without serving a pure devotee, one cannot advance in spiritual life. It
is not proper for a person to consider his own stool and urine, or the stool
and urine of those who are inferior to him, to be equal to the stool and urine
of an exalted worshipable person. If one develops such a consideration, it will
disturb his service to Hari, Guru, and Vaisnava. And if one considers that
which is not Hari, Guru, and Vaisnava as Hari, Guru, and Vaisnava, then instead
of becoming faithful such a person becomes faithless and deprived of
respectable personalities' mercy. This is aversion to the service of the Lord
or the nondevotional platform.
TEXT 32
prabhu
bale,—"çunaha sakala bhakta-gana nityänanda-pädodaka karaha grahana
The Lord
said, "Listen, devotees, drink the water that has washed the feet of
Nityananda.
TEXT 33
karilei
mätra ei pädodaha päna
krsne
drdha bhakti haya, ithe nähi äna"
"As
soon as one drinks that water, one will develop fixed devotional service to
Krsna. There is no doubt about it."
TEXT 34
äjìä päï
sabe nityänandera carana päkhäliyä pädodaka karaye grahana
Being
ordered by the Lord, all the devotees immediately washed the feet of Nityananda
with water and drank it.
TEXT 35
päìca-bära
daça-bära eka-jane khäya bähya nähi, nityananda häsaye sadäya
Some of
the devotees drank five times and some drank ten times. Nityananda laughed
constantly and did not know what was going on.
TEXT 36
äpane
vasiyä mahäprabhu gaura-räya nityänanda-pädodaha kautuke lotäya
Sitting
where He was, Gauränga Mahäprabhu in great jubila- tion personally distributed
the water that had washed the feet of Nityananda.
TEXT 37
sabe
nityänanda-pådodaha karï päna matta-präya 'hari' bali' karaye àhväna
After
drinking the water from Nityänanda's feet everyone be- came intoxicated and
loudly chanted the name of Hari.
TEXT 38
keha
bale,—"äji dhanya haila jlvana" keha bale,—"äji saba khandila
bandhana"
Someone
said, "Today my life has become successful." Some- one else said,
"Today my material bondage is vanquished."
TEXT 39-40
keha
bale,—"äji hailäma krsna-däsa" keha bale,—"äji dhanya
divasa-prakäça"
keha
bale,—"pädodaka bada svådu läge ekhano mukhera mïstatä nähi bhäìge"
Someone
said, "Today I have become a servant of Krsna." Someone else said,
"Today is the most auspicious day for me." Another said, "This
water is so tasty that I still feel sweetness in my mouth."
After
drinking on the order of Çré Gaurasundara the water that had washed the feet of
Çré Nityananda, someone said, "The water from Nityänanda's feet is very
tasty. After drinking this water its sweet taste does not vanish. Even after
drinking this water the sweetness remains in the mouth for a long time."
Since ordinary foolish people consider the water that has washed the feet of
Nityananda as ordinary water, they remain entangled by the ropes of material
desire. But the glories of this water is such that a devotee who drinks it
becomes self-realized and understands his eternal position as a servant of the
Lord. Meanwhile, someone else said, "Today all inauspiciousness has
disappeared and a new dawn of self-realization has arisen." Those who
consider Çrï Nityänanda's lotus feet similar to the feet of ordinary living
entities and thus lack a taste for those lotus feet are understood to be devoid
of devotion to Krsna. Those who drink the water that has washed the lotus feet
of the Lord become intoxicated and constantly chant the holy names of the Lord,
and those who are intoxicated by material enjoyment
think
themselves as Nityänanda while posing as "spiritual masters." The
material conceptions of such hellish persons increase their false ego and
foolishness.
TEXT 41
ki se
nityänanda pädodakera prabhäva päna-mätra sabe hailä caìcala-svabhäva
What
wonderful influence the water that washed the feet of Nityänanda has, for just
by drinking that water everyone became agitated.
TEXT 42
keha näce,
keha gäya, keha gadï yäya huìhära garjana keha karaye sadäya
After
drinking that water, someone danced, someone sang, and someone rolled on the
ground. Others roared loudly all the time.
TEXT 43
uthila
paramänanda krsnera kértana vihvala haiyä nrtya hare bhakta-gana
A
tumultuous ecstatic kïrtana was begun, and all the devotees were completely
overwhelmed as they danced.
TEXT 44
ksaneke
çrï-gauracandra kariyä huìkära uthiyä lägilä nrtya karite apära
Soon Çré
Gauracandra roared loudly and began to dance profusely.
TEXT 45
nityänanda-svarüpa
uthilä tata-ksana nrtya kare dui prabhu vedï bhakta-gana
Nityananda
Svarüpa immediately got up and joined the Lord, and both Lords danced in the
midst of the devotees.
TEXT 46
kära gäye
kebä pade, kebä bare dhare kebä kära caranera dhüli laya sire
No one
knew who fell on whom, who caught whom, and who took whose feet dust on their
heads.
TEXT 47
kebä kära
gala dlxarï karaye rodana kebä kon rüpa kare,—nä yäya varnana
One cannot
describe who cried by holding whose neck or who did what.
TEXT 48
prabhu
kariyä o käro kichu bhaya näìi prabhu-bhrtya-sakale nåcaye eka thäìi
The
devotees did not fear that they were with the Lord. Both the Lord and His
servants danced together.
TEXT 49
nityänanda-caitanye
kariyä koläkuli änande näcena dui prabhu kutuhalï
Lord
Nityananda and Lord Caitanya embraced each other and danced in ecstasy.
TEXT 50
prthivi
kampitä nityänanda-pada-täle dekhiyä änande sarva-gane 'hari' bale
The earth
shook by the weight of Nityänanda's steps. Seeing His dancing, all the devotees
chanted, "Hari! Hari!"
prema-rase
matta dui vaikuntha-ìçvara näcena laiyä saba prema-anucara
Being
intoxicated with ecstasy, the two Lords of Vaikuntha danced in the company of
Their devoted followers.
TEXT 52
e-saba
lélära kabhu nähi paìccheda 'avirbhäva', 'tirobhäva' mätra kahe veda
Although
the Vedas describe Their "appearance" and "disap-
pearance," there is never an end to Their pastimes.
TEXT 53
ei-mata
sarva-dina prabhu nrtya karï vasilena sarva-gana-saìge gaurahari
After
dancing in this way for the entire day, Gaurahari sat down with His associates.
TEXT 54
hate tina
tali diyä çré-gaurasundara sabäre kahena ati amåyä-uttara
Clapping
His hands three times, Çré Gaurasundara frankly spoke to everyone as follows.
TEXT 55-57
prabhu
bale,—"ei nityänanda-svarupere ye karaye bhakti-çraddhä, se kare ämäre
ihäna
carana—çiva-brahmära vandita ataeva ihäne kariha sabe préta
tilärdheka
ihäne yähära dvesa rahe bhakta haile o se ämära priya nahe
The Lord
said, "Anyone who keeps faith and engages in the service of this
Nityananda Svarüpa actually keeps faith and serves Me. His lotus feet are worshiped
by Lord Brahma and Lord Çiva. Therefore all of you show love to Him. If a
person maintains even a tinge of envy towards Him, then he is not dear to Me
even if he is a devotee.
Çré
Nityananda Prabhu and Çré Gaurasundara are nondifferent. Simply by serving the
lotus feet of Çré Nityananda, one obtains the fruits of serving Çré
Gaurasundara. The lotus feet of Çré Nityananda are worshiped by qualitative
incarnations like Lord Brahma and Lord Çiva; those who are neglectful of these
most worshipable objects, maintaining envy for even a moment and expressing
eager- ness to serve the external energy, mäyä, can never become worthy
candidates for Çré Gaurasundara's affection.
TEXT 58
ihäna
vätäsa lägibeka yära gäya tähäre o krsna nä chädibe sarvathäya"
"Krsna
will never leave that person who is touched by the air that has passed by
Nityänanda's body."
Subtle
fragrance is spread by the air. The touch of Çré Nityänanda's bodily fragrance
makes a person's devotional service to Krsna so firm that the worshipable Lord
Krsna can never reject him.
TEXT 59
çuniyä
prabhura väkya sarva-bhakta-gana mahä jaya-jaya-dhvani karìlä tahhana
After
hearing the Lord's words, all the devotees immediately chanted "Jaya!
Jaya!"
TEXT 60
bhakti
karï ye çunaye e saba äkhyäna tära svåmé haya gauracandra bhagavän
Lord
Gauracandra becomes the master of one who hears these topics with devotion.
Those who
hear with faith the topics of Çri Nityänanda Prabhu's transcendental
characteristics can never become averse to the ser- vice of Çri Caitanya. Only
those who are inclined towards the service of Çré Nityänanda Prabhu are able to
serve Çré Gaurasundara in all respects. On seeing here the word svämé, or
"master," the gaura- nägarïs should not think that like the concocted
nadéyä-nägarls they also can enlist Çri Gaurasundara, who is nondifferent from
Jagat- guru Çré Nityänanda Prabhu, as a debauchee and display the wild dancing
of their material conceptions.
TEXT 61
nityänanda-svarupera
e sakala kathä ye-dekhila, se täìhäre jänaye sarvathä
Those who
saw these pastimes of Nityänanda Svarüpa know His glories in truth.
TEXT 62
ei-mata
kata nityänandera prabhäva jäne yata caitanyera priya mahäbhäga
Only Lord
Caitanya's most fortunate associates know the un- limited influence of Lord
Nityänanda.
Only the
most fortunate and dear associates of Çré Caitanya are capable of understanding
the influence of Çré Nityänanda.
TEXT 63
çri
krsna-caitanya nityänanda-cända jäna vrndävana-däsa tachu pada-yuge gäna
Accepting
Çré Caitanya and Nityänanda Prabhu as my life and soul, I Vmdävana däsa, sing
the glories of Their lotus feet.
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