Nityananda Trayodasi MahaMahotsav !!!
Sarathi Shyama Dasa
giridhari.comNityananda (b 1474 CE), was a Vaishnava saint, is an expansion of Balarama. Nityananda was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's (Sri Krsna) friend and disciple. They are often mentioned together as Gaura-Nitai (Gaura, "golden one", referring to Chaitanya, Nitai being a shortened form of Nityananda).
Nityananda Prabhu was born to a religious Bandyaghati Brahmin, Mukunda Pandit and Padmavati in Ekachakra (a small village in Birbhum district of present West Bengal) around the year 1474. His devotion and great talent for singing Vaishnava hymns (bhajan) were apparent from a very early age. At the age of thirteen, Nityananda left home with a travelling renunciate (sannyasi) known as Lakshmipati Tirtha.
He is considered the 'most merciful' incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
§ Nityananda -- He Who embodies eternal bliss
§ Avadhutendu -- The Moon of divine madmen
§ Vasudha-prana-vallabha -- The beloved of the life-breath of Vasudha
§ Jahnavi-jivita-pati -- The eternal divine husband of Shrimati Jahnavi-devi and the maintainer and sustainer of Her life and soul
§ Krsna-prema-prada -- He Who bestows ecstatic love for Krishna
§ Prabhu -- The Lord and Master of the devotees
§ Padmavati-suta -- The dear son of Padmavati
§ Sriman -- He of splendorous transcendental majesty
§ Saci-nandana-purvaja -- The older brother of mother Saci's son
§ Bhavonmatta -- He Who is maddened in overwhelming ecstatic emotions
§ Jagat-trata -- The savior of the universe
§ Rakta-gaura-kalevara - He Whose complexion is golden tinged with red
from the writings of Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya.
Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda distributing the Sri Krsna prema to the world thru Sankirtan !!!
-- Kali Santara Upanishad