(1) Nityananda Consciousness

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day
Sri Ekachakra Dham, evening class
17 February 2019, part 1

Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay.
Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa-kula-churamani Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Jay saparikara Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu ki jay.
Jay Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad ki jay.
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay.
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay.
Jay Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu ki jay.
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu ki jay.
Nityananda-trayodasi tithi ki jay.
Tithi-palankari bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Jay Sriman Nityananda Prabhur avirbhav-tithi-bara maha-mahotsav ki jay.
Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Bhakta-prabara Prahlad Maharaj ki jay.
Suddha-bhaktir-vighna-vinasa-kari Bhagavan Nrisinghadev ki jay.
Sri Sada-Siva Gangadhar ki jay.
Giriraj Govardhan ki jay.
Harinam sankirtan ki jay.
Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol

Devotee: Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj ki jay. Harinam sankirtan ki jay. Gaura premanande Hari bol

[His Divine Grace's voice is hoarse] Looks like Nityananda Prabhu has taken my voice. I can hardly speak. When I went back to my room after the noon programme, my voice suddenly disappeared. The festival went very well today. We will be still here tomorrow also. The Lord arranges everything – by Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, everything can be possible. Such is Sri Gurupadpadma's mercy, Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. Everybody has taken prasad today, tolerating quite a lot of austerity.

Nothing is possible without Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. His glories are now spread all over the world, and everybody has got a place at His holy lotus feet. This is something we must all pray for. 'O Nityananda Prabhu, I commit so many offences at Your holy feet and at the holy feet of Your devotees – please forgive my offences. You have rescued such great sinners as Jagai and Madhai, but I am an even worse sinner than them (I have committed even more offence than they), so unless You bestow Your mercy, where else am I to go? Please give me a place at Your holy feet.' So many souls have got a place at His holy feet – so many souls have been rescued and have gone away. If we all pray to Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, it is good for all of us. We must pray at the holy lotus feet of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu. Without His lotus feet, we have no other way, no other shelter. Without His mercy, we cannot have any devotion – everything will ruined. Therefore, we must always appeal, pray and cry out to His holy lotus feet. We must always hanker for His mercy. This mood, this hankering must always be there. Always chant kirtan in this mood.

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur composed a very beautiful kirtan:

কবে হবে বল, সে দিন আমার ।
(আমার) অপরাধ ঘুচি', শুদ্ধ নামে রুচি,
কৃপা-বলে হবে হৃদয়ে সঞ্চার ॥১॥

kabe habe bala, se dina amara
(amara) aparadha ghuchi', suddha name ruchi,
krpa-bale habe hrdaye sanchara [1]

Tell me, when will that day be mine? When, by mercy, will my offences go away? When will I get taste for the pure Holy Name?

তৃণাধিক হীন, কবে নিজে মানি,
সহিষ্ণুতা-গুণ হৃদয়েতে আনি' ।
সকলে মানদ, আপনি অমানী,
হয়ে আস্বাদিব নাম-রস-সার ॥২॥

trnadhika hina, kabe nije mani,
sahisnuta-guna hrdayete ani'
sakale manada, apani amani,
haye asvadiba nama-rasa-sara [2]

When will I feel lower than a blade of grass, when will I bring the quality of tolerance to my heart, become eager to honour everyone without any desire for honour from anyone and relish the essence of the Name's nectar?

ধন জন আর, কবিতা সুন্দরী,
বলিব না চাহি দেহ-সুখকরী ।
জন্মে জন্মে দাও, ওহে গৌরহরি,
অহৈতুকী ভক্তি চরণে তোমার ॥৩॥

dhana jana ara, kavita sundari,
baliba na chahi deha-sukha-kari
janme janme dao, ohe gaura-hari,
ahaituki bhakti charane tomara [3]

When will I say that I do not want any wealth, friends, family, poetic gift or any other sources of bodily happiness? O Gaura-hari! Please let me have unconditional devotion to Your holy feet birth after birth!

(কবে) করিতে শ্রীকৃষ্ণ-নাম উচ্চারণ,
পুলকিত দেহ গদগদ বচন ।
বৈবর্ণ্য-বেপথু, হবে সংঘটন,
নিরন্তর নেত্রে ব'েব অশ্রুধার ॥৪॥

(kabe) karite sri-krsna- nama uchcharana,
pulakita deha gadagada vachana
vaivarnya-vepathu, habe samghatana,
nirantara netre ba'be asrudhara [4]

When will my hair stand on end, my voice falter, my complexion turn pale, my body tremble, and tears pour incessantly from my eyes as I loudly chant the Holy Name of Lord Sri Krsna?

কবে নবদ্বীপে, সুরধুনী-তটে,
‘গৌর-নিত্যানন্দ' বলি' নিষ্কপটে ।
নাচিয়া গাইয়া, বেড়াইব ছুটে,
বাতুলের প্রায় ছাড়িয়া বিচার ॥৫॥

kabe navadvipe, suradhuni-tate,
‘gaura-nityananda' bali' niskapate
nachiya gaiya, bedaiba chhute,
batulera praya chhadiya vichara [5]

When will I wander along the banks of the Ganges in Nabadwip, calling out with all sincerity, ‘Gaura-Nityananda!', dancing, singing and running about without any thinking, as though mad?

কবে নিত্যানন্দ, মোরে করি' দয়া,
ছাড়াইবে মোর বিষয়ের মায়া ।
দিয়া মোরে নিজ- চরণের ছায়া,
নামের হাটেতে দিবে অধিকার ॥৬॥

kabe nityananda, more kari' daya,
chhadaibe mora visayera maya
diya more nija- charanera chhaya,
namera hatete dibe adhikara [6]

When will Nityananda be merciful to me and make me leave all material attachment? When will He place me in the shade of His lotus feet and grant me a place at the marketplace of the Name?

কিনিব লুটিব, হরি-নাম-রস,
নাম-রসে মাতি' হইব বিবশ ।
রসের রসিক- চরণ-পরশ,
করিয়া মজিব রসে অনিবার ॥৭॥

kiniba lutiba, hari-nama-rasa,
nama-rase mati' haiba vivasa
rasera rasika- charana-parasa,
kariya majiba rase anibara [7]

When will I buy and jubilantly scatter around the nectar of the Lord's Name? When will I become intoxicated and swoon with that nectar? When will I, coming in touch with the lotus feet of those who relish it, dive into that nectar again and again?

কবে জীবে দয়া, হইবে উদয়,
নিজ সুখ ভুলি' সুদীন-হৃদয় ।
ভকতিবিনোদ, করিয়া বিনয়,
শ্রীআজ্ঞা-টহল করিবে প্রচার ॥৮॥

kabe jive daya, haibe udaya,
nija sukha bhuli' sudina-hrdaya
bhakativinoda, kariya vinaya,
sri-ajna-tahala karibe prachara [8]

When will compassion for all souls arise in Bhaktivinod? When will he forget his own happiness and wander house to house preaching the divine order with a meek and humble heart?

Like Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur did, we must cry in this way... He says, 'Kiniba lutiba, hari-nama-rasa.' Do you understand the meaning of this kirtan a little? You have been listening about the Lord, about Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, about the glorification of Sri Guru, about the glorification of Gaura and Nityananda past few days; you have been chanting the Holy Name and kirtan – but it is not enough to only do it yourself. It is necessary to also extend it to others – it is necessary to tell others about all this. I have got something from my gurudev, and I am telling you as well – chant the Holy Name of the Lord. So many devotees come here, and if each of you tells one more person about it, then next year we will have two times more devotees here. It will be a very happy thing. Therefore, you must promise that next year you will tell one more person about Nityananda Prabhu and bring them with you to the holy abode of Nityananda Prabhu and to the holy feet of your gurudev. This is the meaning of 'Kiniba lutiba, hari-nama-rasa. I will buy and jubilantly scatter around the nectar of the Lord's Name. Nama-rase mati' haiba vivasa. I become intoxicated and swoon with that nectar.'

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