(9/13) Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Glory (1)

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Ekachakra Dham, 23 February 2021, part 9
Translated from Bengali

A lowly and fallen soul such as myself is not capable of glorifying Sri Nityananda Prabhu, but if gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu give their mercy and say something through my mouth, then only can it be possible.

মূকং করোতি বাচালং পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে গিরিম্ ।
যৎকৃপা তমহং বন্দে শ্রীগুরুং দীনতারণম্ ॥

mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim
yat krpa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam

‘The dumb can speak, the lame can climb a hill – all it takes is mercy from gurudev.’

(Bhavartha Dipika)

First of all, I am offering my full obeisance at the reddish soles of the holy lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, begging him for his causeless mercy. After that, I am offering my obeisance to all guru-varga, to all my godbrothers and godsisters, to all the listeners, to all the motherly lady devotees, to all devotees. I am praying to you all for your mercy to this lowly soul.

I have told you something about Sriman Nityananda Prabhu’s glory earlier during this class. I mentioned that Nityananda Prabhu bestowed His mercy on Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and Sri Sivananda Sen.

জয় রূপ সনাতন ভট্ট রঘুনাথ ।
শ্রীজীব গোপালভট্ট দাস রঘুনাথ ॥

jaya rupa sanatana bhatta raghunatha
sri-jiva gopala-bhatta dasa raghunatha

‘All glory to Sri Rupa, Sanatan, Raghunath Bhatta, Sri Jiva, Gopal Bhatta and Raghunath Das!’

(Srila Narottam Das Thakur)

Srila Raghunath Das Goswami is one of the famous six goswamis. He spent his last years on the bank of Sri Radha Kunda: his bhajan-kutir and samadhi are there. Many of you have been to Govardhan and have got a chance to take the darshan of that place. Long before he came to stay there, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami lived here in Bengal.

There were two brothers, Hiranya and Govardhan. Srila Raghunath Das Goswami was Govardhan’s son, and he was the only son in the family. When Mahaprabhu took sannyas and stayed at Sri Advaita Acharya’s house during ten–twelve days, He bestowed His mercy on Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu, who was just five years old at that time.

Receiving Mahaprabhu’s mercy, Sri Das Goswami Prabhu became aloof towards the material world. He had no attachment to anything in this world. Many times he tried to leave everything and come to stay with Mahaprabhu, but Mahaprabhu sent him back again and again. His parents also came every time to bring him back. In the end, Srila Das Goswami Prabhu’s parents arranged for eleven bodyguards so that somebody always stayed with him and made sure that he did not run away. Mahaprabhu Himself also told him, ‘Do not become crazy. Go back to your home! Do not show monkey renunciation to impress others. Live at home comfortably but without attachment.’

মর্কট-বৈরাগ্য না কর লোক দেখাঞা ।
যথাযোগ্য বিষয় ভুঞ্জ' অনাসক্ত হঞা ॥

markata-vairagya na kara loka dekhana
yatha-yogya visaya bhunja’ anasakta hana

‘Do not show your false renunciation to impress people. Use whatever material things you require, but without attachment.’

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 2.16.238)

Mahaprabhu told Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, ‘Practise Krishna consciousness and be detached.’ Genuine sadhus have no attachment. You see all these great temples, buildings, guesthouses – so many things have been made – but I have no attachment to it. I have made it, and I will go away. I do not even go to these buildings. We have built another floor above the nat-mandir. Once the construction finished, I checked it, and after that I have never been there again. I am not attached to these things. I do not even think about all this. I only told devotees to clean it and maintain it nicely.

It is good to keep everything clean. You must keep yourselves also in cleanness. Mahaprabhu personally cleaned the Gundicha Temple and took out all the dust. He swept and wiped the temple with His own hand. Why did Mahaprabhu bestow His mercy on King Prataparudra in Puri Dham? Because the king had cleaned a street. King Prataparudra did the smallest possible service – he had swept a street knowing that Mahaprabhu and Vaishnavs would go down that street…

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