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16 Reasons to chant Nityananda
Compiled and Translated by Swami Gaurangapada
(1)
BECAUSE GREAT ACHARYAS HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST:
Cc Adi 11.33:
navadvipe purusottama pandita mahasaya, nityananda-name yanra mahonmada haya
Purusottama Pandita, a resident of Navadvipa, was the Krishna's eighth gopala,
Stoka-Krsna for Vrindavan. He would become almost mad as soon as he chanted or
heard the holy name 'Nityananda'.
Cc Adi 11.34
balarama dasa--krsna-prema-rasasvadi, nityananda-name haya parama unmadi
Balarama dasa always fully tasted the nectar of love of Krsna. Upon chanting or
hearing the name of 'Nityananda', he would become extremely maddened.
(2) BECAUSE THE NAME 'NITYANANDA' IMMEDIATELY EVOKES PURE LOVE OF KRISHNA EVEN
IN A SINFUL PERSON
Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi-lila 8.23:
'nityananda' balite haya krsna-premodaya;aulaya sakala anga,asru-ganga vaya.
"Simply by chanting the name 'Nityananda' one awakens his love for Krsna.
Thus all his bodily limbs are agitated by ecstasy of love of God, and tears
flow from his eyes like the waters of the Ganges."
(3) BECAUSE ANYONE WHO EVEN HEARS 'NITYANANDA' ONCE CERTAINLY ACHIEVES KRISHNA
Chaitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda 9.385:
nityananda-hena bhakta sunile sravane; avasya paibe krsnacandra sei jane.
Shripada Madhavendera Puri states:
"If one simply hears the name 'Nityananda', he will most certainly attain
the lotus feet of Lord Krishnacandra irrespective of any other
consideration."
125. "Anyone who just once his life speaks the word 'Nityananda' becomes
purified. He becomes My pure devotee."
(Chaitanya Mangala, Madhya Khanda, Deliverance of Jagai n Madhai)
(4) BECAUSE WITHOUT NITYANANDA ONE CAN NEVER ACHIEVE THE MERCY OF GAURANGA EVEN
AFTER WORSHIPING GAURANGA FOR A MINIMUM 100 LIVES
From Shri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya, Chp 4:
tumi yabe kara daya sei anayase; sri caitanya-pada paya prema-jale bhase.
Srila Jiva tells Lord Nityananda, "If You are merciful on someone, that
person will effortlessly achieve the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu and
thus drown in the ocean of pure ecstatic love for Lord Krsna.
tomara karuna vina gaura nahi paya, sata janma bhaje yadi gauranga hiyaya.
"But if someone does not get Your mercy, then such a person will never
achieve Lord Gaura even if he or she worships Lord Gauranga for a minimum of
100 lifetimes."
Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 6.131:
tomara krpa vina keha'caitanya' na paya;tumi krpa kaile tanre adhameha paya.
"No one can attain the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu without Your (Lord
Nityananda's) mercy, but if You are merciful, even the lowest of men can attain
shelter at His lotus feet."
(5) BECAUSE IF GAURANGA'S PUNISHES, NITYANANDA PROTECTS US BUT IF NITYANANDA
PUNISHES THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE
From Shri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya, Chp 4: Jiva Goswami to Lord Nityananda:
gaura danta kara yadi tumi raksa kara, tumi yare danta kara gaura tara para.
"If Lord Gauranga punishes a devotee, You (Nityananda) protect him and
somehow engage him in Gauranga's service (like in the example of Kala
Krsnadasa), but if You punish a devotee, he eternally becomes estranged from
Lord Gauranga."
(6)
BECAUSE NITYANANDA'S NAME ARE FORM ARE FULL OF SUPREME ETERNAL BLISS
Chaitanya-bhagavata,
Madhya-khanda 12.18:
name nityananda tumi, rupe nityananda; ei tumi nityananda rama murttimanta.
Lord
Gauranga tells Lord Nityananda:
"Your
name is Nityananda (eternally full of eternal bliss). Your form is also
Nityananda (eternally full of eternal bliss). Your are Nityananda (unlimited
bliss) in personified form because You are Lord Balarama Himself."
(7)
BECAUSE WITHOUT NITYANANDA ONE CAN NEVER ACHIEVE RADHA-KRSNA AND
VRINDAVNA-DHAMA
Chaitanya-charitamrita
Adi 5.204:
jaya jaya nityananda-caranaravinda, yanha haite painu sri-radha-govinda
"All
glory, all glory to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I have
attained Sri Radha-Govinda!"
Shrila
Narottama das Thakura sings:
heno nitai vine bhai, radha-krishna paite nai
"Unless
one worships Nityananda, one can never achieve Radha-Krsna."
nitae
karuna habe vraje radha-krsna pabe
"If
Nityananda is merciful,only then one will achieve the direct service of
Radha-Krsna in Vraja."
(8)
BECAUSE NO ONE IN THIS CREATION BUT ONLY NITYANANDA CAN BESTOW MERCY ON THE
MOST FALLEN SOULS LIKE US
Chaitanya-charitamrita
Adi 5.207:
emana nirghrna more keba krpa kare, eka nityananda vinu jagat bhitare
"Who
in this creation but Lord Nityananda could show His mercy to such an
abominable, comtemptible and the lowest person as me?
(9)
BECAUSE LORD NITYANANDA BESTOWS MERCY WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING OUR
QUALIFICATION
Chaitanya-charitamrita
Adi 5.208-9:
preme matta nityananda krpa-avatara, uttama, adhama, kichu na kare vicara
"Because
He is always fully intoxicated by ecstatic love for Lord Gauranga, He is an
incarnation of causeless mercy. Thus He does not distinguish between the good
and the bad people because He Himself is always intoxicated in pure love.
ye
age padaye, tare karaye nistara, ataeva nistarila mo-hena duracara
"He
indiscriminately delivers all those who simply fall down before Him.
Therefore
He has delivered such a sinful and fallen person as me."
(10)
BECAUSE LORD NITYANANDA IMMEDIATELY BESTOWS HIS TOPMOST MERCY PLEASED AT A
SLIGHTEST SERVICE RENDERED BY US
Cc
Adi 5.181:
bhaike bhartsinu muni, lana ei guna, sei ratre prabhu more dila darasana
"That
night Lord Nityananda personally appeared to me in a dream in His most
enchanting form and placed His lotus feet on my head and gave me eternal
residence in Shri Vrindavana-dhama simply because I defended His glories and
that of His intimate associate Minaketana Ramadasa while quarelling with my
brother who had faith in Lord Gauranga but only a shadow of faith in Lord
Nityananda." (WHAT A MERCIFUL LORD!)
(11)
BECAUSE THE NAME 'NITYANANDA' IN A MANTRA ALSO
According
to Jaiva Dharma all the names of Gauranga are actually mantras, and the Lord
should be worshiped through these namatmaka-mantras. Thus the name 'Nityananda'
is also actually a mantra and He should be worshiped by chanting this
namatmaka-mantra.
(12)
BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS NO RELATION WITH NITYANANDA BY THE REGULAR CHANTING OF
HIS NAME HAS WASTED HIS LIFE AND IS JUST LIKE AN ANIMAL
se
sambandha nahi ja'r, brtha janma gelo ta'r
sei pasu boro duracar
nitai na bolilo mukhe, majilo samsara-sukhe
vidya-kule ki koribe tar (Narottama das Thakura)
"Anyone
who has not established his relationship with Nityananda Prabhu by chanting His
name 'Nityananda' is understood to have spoiled his valuable human birth. Such
a human being is actually an uncontrollable animal.
Because
he never uttered the holy name 'Nityananda', he has become merged into
so-called material happiness. What can his useless education and family
tradition do to save him from the cycle of birth and death?"
(13)
BECAUSE BY CHANTING NITYANANDA'S NAME SINFUL REACTIONS OF UNLIMITED NO. OF
LIVES ARE IMMEDIATELY DESTROYED
Sri
Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya, Chp 1, states:
gauranga-nitai
yei bale eka bara; ananta karama-dosa anta haya tara.
"The
most fortunate person who chants the names Nityananda and Gauranga just once
immediately destroys the unlimited sinful reactions accumulated for unlimited
number of lives in the past."
(14)
BECAUSE BY CHANTING NITYANANDA'S NAME, KRISHNA-PREM COMES SEARCHING AFTER THAT
PERSON. ONE ACHIEVES KRISHNA-PREM EVEN WITH OFFENSES IN HIS HEART AND THEN
OFFENSES FLEE. WHAT A SUBLIME AND EASY WAY TO GET KRISHNA-PREM.
nitai-caitanya
bali yei jiva dake; suvimala krsna-prema anvesaye thake.
"If
one feelingly and loudly calls out the names of Nityananda and Gauranga, the
purest Krsna-prema (pure love of Krsna) comes searching after such a
person."
aparadha
badha tara kichu nahi kare; nirmala krsna-preme tara ankhi jhare.
"The
offenses (which may be present) don't create any obstacles in path of achieving
this love and tears start flowing from his eyes in pure ecstatic love."
svalpa
kale aparadha apani palaya; hrdaya sodhita haya prema bade taya.
"In
a very short, the offenses themselves flee and the heart becomes completely
purified and thus the love furthur increases.
(15)
BECAUSE IN THE NAME OF NITYANANDA THERE ARE NO OFFENSES
Cc
Adi 8.31
caitanya-nityanande nahi esaba vicara, nama laite prema dena, vahe asrudhara
"But
if one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Gauranga and
Nityananda, very quickly he is cleansed of all offenses. Since in the chanting
of the names of Nityananda-Gauranga there is no consideration of offenses, one
will very quickly come to the stage of love of God, simply by chanting Their
names and tears of pure love for Krishna will flow from the eyes."
PURPORT
BY SRILA PRABHUPADA:
[...]
There are offenses to be considered in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, but
there are no such considerations in chanting the names of Gaura-Nityananda.
Therefore, if one chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra but his life is still full
of sinful activities, it will be very difficult for him to achieve the platform
of loving service to the Lord. But if in spite of being an offender one chants
the holy names of Gaura-Nityananda, he is very quickly freed from the reactions
to his offenses. Therefore, one should first approach Lord Caitanya and
Nityananda, or worship Guru-Gauranga, and then come to the stage of worshiping
Radha-Krsna. [...] One should first take shelter of Gaura-Nityananda in order
to reach, ultimately, Radha-Krsna."
[...]"For
an ordinary man, worship of Sri Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu or the
Panca-tattva is easier than worship of Radha and Krsna. Unless one is very
fortunate, he should not be induced to worship Radha-Krsna directly. A neophyte
student who is not sufficiently educated or enlightened should not indulge in
the worship of Sri Radha and Krsna or the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra.
Even if he does so, he cannot get the desired result. One should therefore
chant the names of Nitai-Gaura and worship Them without false prestige."
PURPORT
BY SHRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASVATI THAKURA PRABHUPADA:
[...]
"The Hare Krsna maha-mantra considers the offenses whereas the names of
Gaura-Nityananda don't consider offenses. An offensive chanter will never achieve
the fruit of chanting (pure love for Krsna) by chanting the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra. Therefore till the time he is commiting offenses, he should chant
the names of Gaura-Nityananda. Due the repeated chanting of the names of
Gaura-Nityananda, the offenses will destroyed and he will achieve the fruit of
chanting."
[...]"The
name of Krsna and Gaura-Both are non-different than the named Lord. Those who
think that Krsna is any way inferior or limited than Gaura are in gross
ignorance. But in practical considerations with respect to benefit awarded to
the conditioned souls, the chanting of Sri Gaura-Nityananda's Name is more
useful and helpful for everyone. Krsna's mercy is generally only upon liberated
or perfected souls who are surrendered to Him. But the magnanimity of Lord
Gaura-Nityananda is especially for the souls who are offenders and full of
anarthas and desires for material sense-gratification. The chanting of Lord
Gaura-Nityananda's name and Their worship quickly delivers the soul from all
the offenses and thus the soul achieves shelter at the lotus feet of Lord
Gaura-Krsna."
(16)
BECAUSE ONE CAN NEVER EVEN VISIT VRINDAVANA WITHOUT ACHIEVING THE MERCY OF
NITYANANDA AND GAURANGA
Cc
Adi 8.3 purport:
"In
the beginning one should very regularly chant Sri Gaurasundara's holy name and
then chant the holy name of Lord Nityananda. Thus one's heart will be cleansed
of impure desires for material enjoyment. Then one can approach Vrndavana-dhama
to worship Lord Krsna. Unless one is favored by Lord Caitanya and Nityananda,
there is no need to go to Vrndavana, for unless one's mind is purified, he
cannot see Vrndavana, even if he goes there."
CONCLUSION:
One
can worship Lord Nityananda in the topmost manner by chanting His Holy Name
(atleast 1008 times or 10 rounds) daily along with atleast 10 rounds of Lord
Gauranga’s Name and 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra and by daily
reading (1 chapter of) Chaitanya-Bhagavata daily which is the topmost scripture
on the glories of Lord Nityananda composed by His most confidential associate
Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Nitai-Gaura Premanande!