parama karuṇa
By Śrī Locana Dāsa Ṭhākura
Nityānanda Prabhu
brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva
brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva |
gopī-gaṇe vyakta ye sakala anurāga ||
iṅgite se saba bhāva nityānanda-rāya |
dilena sakala priya-gaṇere kṛpāya ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.5.418–419)
“Through hints Nitāyananda Rāya graciously bestowed upon all his dear companions all of the bhāva for Kṛṣṇa desired by Brahmā and others, and all of the anurāga manifested in the gopīs.”
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ye bhakti gopikā-gaṇera kahe bhāgavate
ye bhakti gopikā-gaṇera kahe bhāgavate |
nityānanda haite tāhā pāila jagate ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.5.303)
“Through Nityānanda the world received the bhakti of the gopīs described in the Bhāgavata.”
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saṁsārera pāra haiyā bhaktira sāgare
saṁsārera pāra haiyā bhaktira sāgare |
ye ḍubibe se bhajuka nitāicā̐dere ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.1.77)
“Anyone who wishes to cross over saṁsāra and dive into the ocean of bhakti should worship Nitāicā̐da.”
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preme matta nityānanda kṛpā-avatāra
preme matta nityānanda kṛpā-avatāra |
uttama, adhama, kichu nā kare vicāra ||
ye āge paḍaye, tāre karaye nistāra |
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.5.207–8)
“Maddened with prema, Nityānanda is the avatāra of grace. He does not discriminate at all between the high and the low. He delivers whoever falls before him.”
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vande’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ
vande’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ śrī-nityānandam īśvaram |
yasyecchayā tat-svarūpam ajñenāpi nirūpyate ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.5.1)
“I offer obeisance unto Śrī Nityānanda, the Īśvara of infinite and astonishing aiśvarya by whose wish his nature is understood even by the ignorant.”
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yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśaḥ parātmākhilānāṁ
yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśaḥ parātmākhilānāṁ
poṣṭā viṣṇur bhāti dugdhābdhiśāyī |
kṣauṇī-bhartā yat-kalā so ’py anantas
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.11)
“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, the part of the part of whose part is Kṣīrodaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Paramātma and maintainer of all, and whose sub-part is Ananta, the carrier of the Earth.”
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yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhodaśāyī
yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhodaśāyī
yan-nābhy-abjaṁ loka-saṅghāta-nālam |
loka-sraṣṭuḥ sūtikā-dhāma dhātus
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.10)
“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, the part of whose part is Śrīla Garbhodaśāyī, the lotus of whose navel is the birthplace of Brahmā, the creator of the lokas, and the stalk of which constitutes these lokas.”
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māyā-bhartājāṇḍa-saṅghāśrayāṅgaḥ
māyā-bhartājāṇḍa-saṅghāśrayāṅgaḥ
śete sākṣāt kāraṇāmbhodhi-madhye |
yasyaikāṁśaḥ śrī-pumān ādi-devas
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.9)
“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, one part of whom is the direct master of māyā who lies upon the Causal Ocean (Kāraṇa Samudra), the original Deva, the divine Puruṣa, whose body is the shelter of the universes.”
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māyātīte vyāpi-vaikuṇṭha-loke
māyātīte vyāpi-vaikuṇṭha-loke
pūrṇaiśvarye śrī-caturvyūha-madhye |
rūpaṁ yasyodbhāti saṅkarṣaṇākhyaṁ
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.8)
“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose form known as Saṅkarṣaṇa is manifest beyond māyā in all-pervading Vaikuṇṭhaloka of full aiśvarya amid the Caturvyūha [i.e., Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha].”
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