Great way to start the New Year by remembering Glories of Lord Nityananda
bilva
Great way to start the New Year by remembering Lord Nityananda and His
glories.
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the spiritual posts very soon.
I offer my heartfelt pranams and obeisances at the lotus feet of Lord
Nityananda and beg to always
remember His lotus feet, which are the only shelter for all the living
entities of this kali yuga.
Nityananda, Gauranga, Hare Krishna!
Yours humbly
Bilva Mangal Thakura dasa
(Bhasker Vilva Roy)
Lord Nityananda's Glories
January 28, 2010 is the auspicious occasion of NityanandaTrayodasi
or
the appearance day of Lord Nityananda. Sri Nityananda Prabhu who is
none other than Lord Balarama, is the origin of Vishnu tattva namely
Sankarshana, Mahavishnu, Garbhodakshayi Vishnu, and Kshirodakshayi
Vishnu. Lord Nityananda is the indwelling Supersoul of everyone.
As Lord Chaitanya's pastimes are more pleasing than Krishna's
pastimes, so Lord Nityananda's pastimes are more pleasing than those
of Lord Balarama. Lord Balarama was famous for His pastimes of
chastising the miscreants, such as killing so many demons, being
ready
to throw the whole city of Hastinapura into the ocean, and the
killing
of Romaharshana Suta. His form as Lord Nityananda,however, is known
as
akrodha paramananda nityananda-raya, He never gets angry. The form of
Lord Nityananda is the most merciful form and the Lord liberally
distributes krishna-prema-bhakti even to the most wretched and fallen
jivas.
There is a village called Ekacakra in Radha-desa in West Bengal,
where
the Supreme Lord Nityananda appeared. On the auspicious thirteenth
day
of the waxing moon in the month of Magha (January-February, 1476),
Lord Nityananda made His appearance as the son of Hadai Pandita and
Padmavati.
In His childhood, Lord Nityananda had no other happiness than
enacting
and enjoying the various pastimes of Lord Krishna along with His
friends. Due to the influence of His illusory energy, however, no one
could recognize Him. Lord Nityananda concealed His real identity and
happily played with His boyhood friends. One day the Lord left home
and His parents to accompany a visiting sannyasi on travels to holy
places. All the holy places became sanctified by the touch of His
lotus feet. Lord Nityananda finally arrived in Vrindavana and
wandered
the forests of Vrindavana until Lord Gauracandra displayed His
opulences. Understanding that His Lord Gauranga had revealed Himself,
Lord Nityananda immediately went to Navadvipa and met Lord Gauranga.
When Lord Gauranga left Navadvipa after accepting sannyasa and went
to
Jagannath Puri, Lord Nityananda stayed in Navadvipa and preached the
glories of Sri Krishna by propagating the sankirtan movement
throughout Bengal. Who can describe Lord Nityananda's humility,
tolerance and compassion for the jivas as he went home to home
requesting people to take up chanting the holy names of Krishna by
falling at their feet.
Once while spreading the glories of the holy names the Lord was
attacked on the forehead with a clay pot by the most sinful Madhai to
the point of bleeding, Lord Nityananda never became angry. Lord
Chaitanya arrived on the scene quickly and on seeing the condition of
Nityananda had invoked the Sudarshana chakra to punish Madhai. But
Nityananda pleaded with Lord Chaitanya to calm down, and eventually
forgave Madhai by embracing him and destroying his material bondage
and the unlimited amount of sins.
A golden effulgence shines from the beautiful body of Lord
Nityananda.
Brightly shining ornaments decorates His charming bodily limbs.
Yellow
cloth adorns His waist and He wears a turban decorated with campaka
flowers on His head. Tinkling ankle-bells sounds as He walks. Tears
fill His deer-like eyes.
"All glories to Lord Nityananda Prabhu and His Holy Name! Maddened by
ecstatic love of Godhead, He overwhelmed the whole universe with
ecstasy. He slapped his hands together like a warrior who is about to
attack, and upon seeing this, the wicked Kali fled in terror, fearing
for his life. All souls were drowned in happiness because of the
dancing of Shri Nityananda and Shri Gauranga. Seeing such dancing or
even hearing about it melts the hearts of great atheists." (Shrila
Bhaktivinode Thakura, Gitavali, Nagara-kirtana, 8)