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].”
saṅkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toyaśāyī
garbhodaśāyī ca payobdhiśāyī |
śeṣaś cha yasyāṁśa-kalāḥ sa nityā-
nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.7)
“May Rāma [i.e., Balarāma], who is known as Nityānanda, and whose parts (aṁśas) and sub-part (kalā) are Saṅkarṣaṇa, Kāraṇatoyaśāyī, Garbhodaśāyī, Payobdhiśāyī, and [Ananta] Śeṣa, be my shelter.”
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-līlā-rasa-madhura-sudhāsvāda-śuddhaika-mūrtau
gaure śraddhāṁ dṛḍhāṁ bho prabhu-parikara-samrāṭ prayacchādhame’smin |
ullaṅghyāṅghriṁ hi yasyākhila-bhajana-kathā svapnavac caiva mithyā
śrī-nityānandacandraṁ patita-śaraṇadaṁ gauradaṁ taṁ bhaje’ham ||
(Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī’s Śrīman Nityānanda-dvādaśakam: 12)
“Bho! O sovereign among the associates of Prabhu, please bestow upon this lowly person firm śraddhā in Gaura, the pure and unparalleled embodiment of tasting the sweet nectar of the rasa of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s līlā. I worship him, Śrī Nityānandacandra, the giver of Gaura and shelter to the fallen, by neglecting whose feet all talk of bhajana becomes completely false like a dream.”
hāḍāi-paṇḍita-tanuja kṛpā-samudra
padmāvatī-tanaya tīrtha-padāravinda |
tvaṁ prema-kalpa-tarur ārti-harāvatāra
māṁ pāhi pāmaram anātham ananya-bandhum ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.9)
“O Son of Hāḍāi Paṇḍita, O Ocean of grace, O Son of Padmāvatī, O you whose lotus feet are tīrthas! You are a desire-tree of prema. O you who have descended to remove distress, please protect me, who am wretched and helpless, and have no other friend.”
audāryeṇa sukāmadhenu-diviṣad-vṛkṣendu-cintāmaṇi-
vṛndaṁ brahma-sukhaṁ ca sundaratayā kandarpa-vṛndaṁ prabhum |
vātsalyena sumātṛ-dhenu-nicayaṁ vispardhinaṁ nandinaṁ
nityānandam ahaṁ namāmi madhura-premābdhi-saṁvardhinam ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.9)
“I offer obeisance unto Nityānanda Prabhu, the full expander of the ocean of madhura-prema, who surpasses and delights the finest mothers and cows with his affection, [surpasses and delights] Kandarpas [i.e., Cupids] with his beauty, and [surpasses and delights] the finest kāmadhenus [i.e., wish-fulfilling cows], celestial trees [i.e., wish-fulfilling trees], the moon, cintāmaṇis [i.e., wish-fulfilling jewels], and the bliss of Brahman with his magnanimity.”
nityānandam ahaṁ naumi sarvānandakaraṁ param |
hari-nāma-pradaṁ devam avadhūta-śiromaṇim ||
(Unknown source)
“I offer obeisance unto Nityānanda Deva, the crest-jewel of avadhūtas, who as the bestower of Hari-nāma is absorbed in creating bliss for all.”
śrīman-nityānandacandraṁ karuṇāmaya-vigraham |
caitanyābhinna-dehaṁ taṁ vande sarva-jana-priyam ||
(Unknown source)
“I offer obeisance unto him, the moon Śrīman Nityānanda, the embodiment of compassion whose figure is non-different from Caitanya, and who is dear to all people.”
nirānandam idaṁ sarvaṁ premānandāspadī-kṛtam |
yena taṁ satataṁ vande nityānandaṁ jagad-gurum ||
(Unknown source)
“I offer obeisance continuously unto him, Nityānanda, the guru of the world, by whom this entire world devoid of bliss was made an abode of the bliss of prema.”
nityānanda namas tubhyaṁ premānanda-pradāyine |
kalau kalmaṣa-nāśāya jāhnavā-pataye namaḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“O Nityananda,
Obeisance and obeisance unto you,
The bestower of the bliss of prema,
Destroyer of sin in [the Age of] Kali,
And husband of Jāhnavā.”
nityānandam ahaṁ vande karṇe lambita-mauktikam |
caitanyāgraja-rūpeṇa pavitrī-kṛta-bhū-talam ||
(Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 21)
“I offer obeisance to Nityānanda with a pearl dangling from his ear, who with his form as an elder brother of Caitanya purified the surface of the earth.”
