Nityananda Trayodasi
Nityananda Trayodasi
Nityananda Trayodasi
Trayodaçé
Çré Çrémad
Gour Govinda Swami Mahäräja
Lord Nityänanda
Trayodaçé
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Çré Çrémad
Gour Govinda Swami Mahäräja
A lecture delivered by Çré Çrémad Gour Govinda Swami Mahäräja
on 17th February, 1992, Bhubaneswar, India.
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Nitäi Guëa-Maëi ämär
“My Lord Nityänanda is the Jewel of all
Transcendental Qualities”
(1)
nitäi guëa-maëi ämär, nitäi guëa-maëi
äniyä premer banyä bhäsäilo avané
(2)
premer banyä loiyä nitäi äilä gauòa-deçe
òubilo bhakata-gaëa déna héna bhäse
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(3)
déna héna patita pämara nähi bächhe
brahmär durlabha prema sabäkäre jäche
(4)
äbaddha karuëä-sindhu nitäi kätiyä muhän
ghare ghare bule prema-amiyär bän
(5)
locan bole hena nitäi jebä na bhajilo
jäniya çuniyä sei ätma-ghäté hoilo
Translation by
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It is said that Nityänanda Prabhu is more merciful, more magnanimous,
more munificent than Gauräìga Mahäprabhu. So we are singing that song,
nitäi guëa-maëi ämära, nitäi guëa maëi...
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Doyä Koro More Nitäi
(1)
doyä koro more nitäi, doyä koro more
agatira gati nitäi sädhu loke bole
(2)
jaya prema bhakti dätä-patäkä tomära
uttama adhama kichhu nä kailä bichära
(3)
prema däne jagajaner mana kailä sukhé
tumi hena doyära öhäkura ämi kene dukhé
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(4)
känu räma däsa bole ki boliba ämi
e baòa bharasä more kuler öhäkura tumi
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Nitäi ämär doyär abadhi
(1)
äre bhäi! nitäi ämär doyär abadhi!
jévere karuëä kori,’ deçe deçe phiri’ phiri’
prema-dhana jäche nirabadhi
(2)
adwaitera saìge raìga, dhäraëe nä jäya aìga,
gorä-preme gadä tanu khäni
òhuliyä òhuliyä chale, bähu tuli’ hari bole,
du-nayane bahe nitäiera päni
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(3)
kapäle tilaka çobhe, kutila-kuntala-lole
guïjarä äìöuni chüòa täy
keçaré jiniyä kaöi, kaöi taöe néladhati
bäjana nüpura ränga päy
(4)
bhubana-mohana beça! majäila sava deça!
rasä beçe aööa aööa häsa!
prabhu mora nityänanda kevala änanda-kanda
guëa gäya våndävana däsa
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Akrodha Paramänanda Nityänanda Räya
(1)
akrodha paramänanda nityänanda räya
abhimäna çünya nitäi nagare beòäya
(2)
adhama patita jéver dwäre dwäre giyä
harinäma mahä mantra dena biläiya
(3)
järe dekhe täre kahe dante tåëa dhori’
ämäre kiniyä laha bhaja gaurahari
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(4)
eta boli’ nityänanda bhüme gadi jäya
sonära parvata jena dhüläte loöäya
(5)
hena avatäre jär rati nä janmilo
lochana bole sei päpé ela är gelo
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2. Nitäi goes to every doorstep and knocks on the door, ‘Tap! Tap!
Tap!’ He goes to those who are very much distressed, degraded, and
fallen. He goes to them and gives them kåñëa-prema. He says, “Chant!
Please chant!”
hare kåñëa hare kåñëa kåñëa kåñëa hare hare
hare räma hare räma räma räma hare hare
If they do not chant and shut the door, then He rolls on the ground and
cries!
3. Whomever He meets, catching a straw between His teeth, He requests
“O bhäi! Brothers! Please do the bhajana of Gaurahari and purchase Me,
purchase Me.”
4. Saying this, Lord Nityänanda rolls on the ground in the dust, crying
and shedding tears as if a golden mountain is rolling on the ground. He
looks like that. Such is Nityänanda Prabhu. His body is viçuddha-sattva,
transcendental body.
5. Such a merciful incarnation is Lord Nityänanda. If someone does
not develop love for such an incarnation as Nityänanda-Räma, Locana
Däsa Öhäkura says, “Such a sinful person comes and goes, comes and
goes, remaining in the cycle of birth and death. He cannot be deliv-
ered.”
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Invocation
oà ajïäna-timirändhasya jïänäïjana-çaläkayä
cakñur unmélitaà yena tasmai çré-gurave namaù
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çré-kåñëa-caitanya prabhu-nityänanda
çré-advaita gadädhara çréväsädi-gaura-bhakta-vånda
änanda-lélä-maya-vigrahäya
hemäbha-divyac-chavi-sundaräya
tasmai mahä-prema-rasa-pradäya
caitanya-candräya namo namas te
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Çréla Våndävana däsa Öhäkura
(1)
sarac-candra-bhräntià sphurad-amala-käntià gaja-gatià
hari-premonmattaà dhåta-parama-sattvaà smita-mukham
sadäghürëan-netraà kara-kalita-vetraà kali-bhidaà
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
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(2)
rasänäm ägäraà svajana-gaëa-sarvasvam atulaà
tadéyaika-präëa-pramita-vasudhä-jähnava-patim
sadä-premonmädaà param aviditaà manda-manasäm
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
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(3)
çacé-sünu-preñöhaà nikhila-jagad-iñöaà sukha-mayaà
kalau majjaj-jivoddharaëa-karaëoddäma-karuëam
harer äkhyänäd vä bhava-jaladhi-garvonnati-haraà
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
(4)
aye bhrätar néëäà kali-kaluñiëäà kià nu bhavitä
tathä präyaçcittaà racaya yad-anäyäsata ime
vrajanti tväm itthaà saha bhagavatä mantrayati yo
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
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(5)
yatheñöhaà re bhrätaù kuru hari-hari-dhvänam aniçaà
tato vaù saàsärämbudhi-taraëa-däyo mayi laget
idaà bähu-sphoöair aöati raöayan yaù pratigåham
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
(6)
balät saàsärämbhonidhi-harana-kumbhodbhavam aho
satäà çreyaù-sindhünnati-kumuda-bandhuà samuditaà
khala-çreëé-sphürjit-timira-hara-sürya-prabham ahaà
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
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(7)
naöantaà gäyantaà harim anuvadantaà pathi pathi
vrajantaà paçyantaà svam api na dayantaà jana-gaëam
prakurvantaà santaà sa-karuëa-dåg-antaà prakalanäd
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
(8)
su-bibhräëaà bhrätuù kara-sarasijaà komalataraà
mitho vakträlokocchalita-paramänanda-hådayam
bhramantaà mädhuryair ahaha madayantaà pura-janän
bhaje nityänandaà bhajana-taru-kandaà niravadhi
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(9)
rasänäà ädhäraà rasika-vara-sad-vaiïëava-dhanaà
rasägäraà säraà patita-tati-täraà smaraëataù
paraà nityänandäïöakam idam apürvaà pathati yaù
tad-aìghri-dvandväbjaà sphuratu nitaräà tasya hådaye
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Nityänanda and Bäìkä Räya
N
ityänanda Prabhu’s father’s name was Çré Häòäi
Ojhä, and His mother’s name was Padmävaté. After
Nityänanda Prabhu, Padmävaté gave birth to another
son, whom they called Bäìkä Räya. The two brothers, Nityänanda
and Bäìkä Räya, took birth in the village of Ekacakrä. Close to
that village flows the Yamunä-nadé River. In Their boyhood days,
Nityänanda and Bäìkä Räya played with Their friends on the
bank of the river and performed various léläs there, kåñëa-lélä and
räma-lélä.
Bäìkä means curved in three places, tri-bhaìgé. So Baìkä
refers to Kåñëa, Räya to Rädhäräëé and when both are combined
They are Bäìkä Räya, Gauräìga. Kåñëa and Rädhä combined is
Gauräìga. That is the meaning of Bäìkä Räya.
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don’t go.” Nityänanda Prabhu did not listen to them and They
both entered that jungle.
That big poisonous snake was staying under a tamäla tree,
and as soon as these two brothers entered the jungle it came
out, raising his hood and hissing. Nityänanda Prabhu was not
afraid at all, rather He raised His hand and said, “Eh! Oh, wicked
fellow! Duñöä, stay there! Stay there! Don’t come forward!” The
snake stopped. “Why are you killing and devouring innocent
people?” Nityänanda Prabhu is Nägaräja, the king of all snakes,
Anantadev Näga, so when He told the snake to stop, he stopped.
He continued and asked, “Why are you doing this?” Then the
snake related his history from Dvapära-yuga.
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one demon who lives very close by, only four, or five miles away.
His name is Bakäsura. That demon would come every day to this
village and indiscriminately kill many animals and human beings.
So once all the villagers assembled, had a meeting, and made
a decision. They requested the demon not to come every day,
“We’ll send every day one human being, one cart load of anna,
rice and cake, piöhä, and two buffaloes for you to eat. Then there
is no need for you to come here and disturb us.”
The demon became very happy, “Yes, very good! Why shall I
come if you send food every day?’ So they would take turns; today
is your turn, the next day his turn, and the day after it was the
turn of someone else. In this way, every householder had a turn.
It was a very big village, as some villages were clustered together
and each householder’s turn would come once in every thirty-
three years, two months, and twenty days. The village was that
big, with so many people.
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gradually turned into a big block of stone, and a very nice temple
is built over it. It is a holy place now, known as kuëòali-talä, or
kuëòali damana and many people are going there to offer worship
and bhoga to that cobra, näga.
These are some of the childhood pastimes of Nityänanda
Prabhu and there are so many more.
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When His mother and the villagers started crying, they heard
an aerial voice, “You cannot see me any longer, but this coming
Ekädaçé, you’ll find Me floating on the Yamunä River in the form
of a log of wood. Pick that log up and worship Me.” So that is what
happened; on that Ekädaçé day at that place, which is now known
as Kadamba-khaëòi, some villagers saw a log of wood floating on
the Yamunä River. Nityänanda Prabhu Himself lifted that log of
wood up and carved a mürti of Baìkabihäré, Kåñëa. Nityänanda
Prabhu named the mürti Baìkim Deva, and He installed that mürti.
Now there is a temple for that vigraha and on every Nityänanda
trayodaçé day, the Appearance Day of Nityänanda Prabhu, a big
fair is held in front of that temple. It is said that when Nityänanda
Prabhu disappeared, He entered into that vigraha. These are only
some of the pastimes, but there are many more.
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