Dalalera-gita
by Thakura Bhaktivinoda1) boro sukher khabor gai
surabhi-kunjete namer hat khule’che (khoda nitai)
2) boro mojar kotha tay
sraddha-mulye suddhe-nam sei hatete bikay
3) jata bhakta-brnda basi’
adhikari dekhe’ nam becche daro kasi
4) jadi nam kinbe, bhai
amar sange calo, mahajaner kache jai
5) tumi kinbe krsna-nama
dasturi loibo ami, purna ha’be kam
6) boro dayal nityananda
sraddha-matra lo’ye den parama-ananda
7) ek-bar dekhle cakhe jal
‘gaura’ bole’ nitai den sakala sambal
den suddha krsna-sikha
jati, dhana, bidya, bala na kore apekha
9) amani chare maya-jal
grhe thako, bane thako, na thake janjal
10) ar naiko kalir bhoy
acandale den nam nitai doya-moy
11) bhaktivinoda daki’ koy
nitai-caran bina’ar nahi asroy
1) I am singing news of great holy tidings. Lord Nityananda Himself has opened a market-place of the holy name in Surahbi-kunja. 2) He is selling the pure holy name in that market-place for the price of only one’s faith. 3) Lord Nityananda, seeing all the devotees becoming attracted, is selling them the holy name after bargaining with them. 4) O brother, if you want the holy name then come with me. We must go to that great soul, Nityananda. 5) You will get the name of Krsna, I will take my commission and all of our desires will be fulfilled. 6) Lord Nityananda is greatly merciful. Taking only one’s faith, He gives the highest ecstasy. 7) If He sees only once tears in the eyes while chanting the name “Gaura” then He gives everything to that person. He gives the pure teachings of Krsna to everyone not caring for their birth, wealth, knowledge and strength. 9) Now, giving up the illusory snare of Maya, either remain in household life or in the forest as a sannyasi, for no more troubles remain. 10) There is no more fear of the age of Kali. the merciful Nityananda gives the holy name to even the candalas. 11) Bhaktivinoda calls out: “Except for the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda there is no other shelter!”
Doyal Nitai Chaitanya Bole Nachre Amar Man
(1)
`doyAl nitAi caitanya’ bole’ nAc re AmAr man
nAc re AmAr man, nAc re AmAra man
1) Chanting the holy names “DoyAl NitAi Caitanya!”-Oh my mind dances! Oh my mind dances! Oh my mind dances!
(2)
(emon, doyAl to nAi he, mAr kheye prema dey)
(ore) aparAdha dUre jAbe, pAbe prema-dhan
(o nAme aparAdha-vicAra to nAi he)
(takhon) kRSNa-nAme ruci ha’be, ghucibe bandhan
2) Oh! Such a merciful personality as NityAnanda Prabhu is not to be found anywhere! He suffers a beating from JagAi and MAdhAi and still gives them love of God! Oh! When your offenses are vanquished, you will obtain the treasure of love of God! But in these names of Caitanya and NitAi there is no consideration of offenses! Once you have a taste for the holy name of KRSNa, bondage to this world will come to an end.
(3)
(kRSNa-nAme anurAg to ha’be he)
(takhon) anAyAse saphal ha’be jIvera jIvan
(kRSNa-rati vinA jIvan to miche he)
(ese) bRndAbane rAdhA-zyAmer pa’be darazan
(gaura-kRpA ha’le he)
3) Oh! When there is attachment to the holy name of KRSNa, then very easily the life of a living being becomes successful! Oh! Without affection for KRSNa, life is simply useless! At the end of life you will obtain the beautiful vision of RAdhA and zyAma in VRndAvana-if the mercy of Lord Gaura is received! Oh!
Nitai Pada Kamala:
nitäi-pada-kamala, koöi-candra-suçétala,
je chäyäy jagata juräy
heno nitäi bine bhäi, rädhä-kåñëa päite näi,
dåòha kori’ dharo nitäir päy
se sambandha nähi jä’r, båthä janma gelo tä’r,
sei paçu boro duräcär
nitäi nä bolilo mukhe, majilo saàsära-sukhe,
vidyä-kule ki koribe tär
ahaìkäre matta hoiyä, nitäi-pada päsariyä,
asatyere satya kori mäni
nitäiyer koruëä habe, braje rädhä-kåñëa päbe,
dharo nitäi-caraëa du’khäni
nitäiyer caraëa satya, täìhära sevaka nitya,
nitäi-pada sadä koro äçä
narotamma boro dukhé, nitäi more koro sukhé,
räkho räìgä-caraëera päça
Nitäi-pada-kamala, koöi-candra-suçétala, je chäyäy jagata juräy. This is a song by Narottama däsa Öhäkura, a great äcärya of the Gauòéya-vaiñëava-sampradäya. He has written many songs about the Vaiñëava philosophy, and they are approved as completely corresponding with Vedic instructions. So here Narottama däsa Öhäkura is singing that “The whole world is suffering under the blazing fire of material existence. Therefore, if one takes the shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nityänanda…,” whose birthday is today, 31st, January, 1969. So we should relish this instruction of Narottama däsa Öhäkura that in order to get relief from the pangs of blazing fire of this material existence, one should take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nityänanda because it is as cooling as the moon rays combined together of millions of moons. That means one will immediately find peaceful atmosphere. Just like a man works whole day and if he comes under the moonshine he feels relief. Similarly, any materialistic man who comes under the shelter of Lord Nityänanda will immediately feel that relief. Then he says,
nitäi-pada-kamala, koöi-candra-suçétala,
je chäyäy jagata juräy,
heno nitäi bine bhai, rädhä-kåñëa päite näi,
dharo nitäi-caraëa du’khani
He says that “If you are anxious to go back to home, back to Godhead, and become associate with Rädhä and Kåñëa, then the best policy is to take shelter of Nityänanda.” Then he says, se sambandha nähi jä’r, båthä janma gelo tä’r: “One who has not been able to contact Nityänanda, then one should think of himself that he has simply spoiled his valuable life.” Båthä janma gelo, båthä means for nothing, and janma means life. Gelo tä’r, spoiled. Because he has not made connection with Nityänanda. The Nityänanda, very name, suggests… Nitya means eternal. Änanda means pleasure. Material pleasure is not eternal. That is the distinction. Therefore those who are intelligent, they are not interested with this flickering pleasure of material world. Every one of us, as living entity, we are searching after pleasure. But the pleasure which we are seeking, that is flickering, temporary. That is not pleasure. Real pleasure is nityänanda, eternal pleasure. So anyone who has no contact with Nityänanda, it is to be understood that his life is spoiled.
se sambandha nähi jä’r, båthä janma gelo tä’r,
sei paçu boro duräcär
Narottama däsa Öhäkura uses here very harsh word. He says that such human being is an animal, an uncontrollable animal. As there are some animals that cannot be tamed, so anyone who has not contacted Nityänanda, he should be considered as an untamed animal. Sei paçu boro duräcär. Why? Because nitäi nä bolilo mukhe: “He never uttered the holy name of Nityänanda.” And majilo saàsära-sukhe, “and become merged into this material happiness.” Vidyä-kule ki koribe tär. “That nonsense does not know that what will his education and family and tradition and nationality will help him?” These things cannot help him. These are all temporary things. Simply, if we want eternal pleasure, we must contact Nityänanda. Vidyä-kule ki koribe tär. Vidyä means education, and kula means family, nationality. So we may have a very nice family connection or we may have very nice national prestige, but after ending this body, these things will not help me. I’ll carry my work with me, and according to that work, I shall have to accept by force another type of body. It may be something other than human body. So these things cannot protect us or give us the real pleasure. So Narottama däsa Öhäkura advises that vidyä-kule ki koribe tär. Then he says, ahaìkäre matta hoiyä. “Being maddened after false prestige and identification…” False identification with the body and prestige of bodily relationship, it is called ahaìkäre matta hoiyä. One is mad after this false prestige. Ahaìkäre matta hoiyä, nitäi-pada päsariyä. Due to this false prestige we are thinking, “Oh, what is Nityänanda? What can He do for me? I don’t care.” So these are the signs of false prestige. Ahaìkäre matta hoiyä, nitäi-pada päsa…, asatyere satya kori mäni. The result is that I am accepting something which is false. For example, I am accepting this body. This body, I am not this body. Therefore, with false identification I am becoming entangled more and more. So one who is puffed up with this false prestige, ahaìkäre matta hoiyä, nitäi-pada pä…, asatyere satya kori mäni, he accepts something wrong as right. Then he says, nitäiyer koruëä habe, braje rädhä-kåñëa päbe. If you are actually serious about going back to home, back to Godhead, then please seek after the mercy of Nityänanda. Ahaìkäre…
nitäiyer koruëä habe, braja rädhä-kåñëa päbe,
dharo nitäi-caraëa du’khäni
“Please catch up the lotus feet of Nityänanda.” Then he says, nitäiyer caraëa satya. One may think that as we catch hold of so many shelter, but in this material world later on they prove false, similarly, suppose we catch hold of the lotus feet of Nityänanda; it may also prove false. But Narottama däsa Öhäkura assures that nitäiyer caraëa satya: “It is not false. Because Nityänanda is eternal, His lotus feet is also eternal.” Täìhära sevaka nitya. And anyone who takes to the service of Nityänanda, they also become eternal. Without being eternal, nobody can serve the eternal. That is the Vedic injunction. Without becoming Brahman, one cannot approach the Supreme Brahman. Just like without being fire, nobody can enter into the fire. Without being water, nobody can enter into the water. Similarly, without being fully spiritualized, nobody can enter into the spiritual kingdom.
So nitäiyer caraëa satya. If you catch nitäiyer, the lotus feet of Nityänanda, then you become immediately spiritualized. Just like if you touch electricity, immediately you become electrified. That is natural. Similarly, Nityänanda is eternal happiness, if you touch Nityänanda some way or other, then you become also eternally happy. Täìhära sevaka nitya. Therefore one who has in contact with Nityänanda, they have become eternal.
nitäiyer caraëa satya, täìhära sevaka nitya,
dåòha kori’ dharo nitäir päy
So just catch Him very tightly. Narottama boro duùkhé, nitäi more koro sukhé. At the last Narottama däsa Öhäkura, the composer of this song, he is appealing to Nityänanda, “My dear Lord, I am very unhappy. So You please make me happy. And You kindly keep me in corner of Your lotus feet.” That is the sum and substance of this song. (end)
Sri Nagar Kirtan by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur
From Gitavali, BVT song book page 79
1/.
Nadiyaa godrume nityananda mahaajan
Patiyache naam hatta jibera kaaran
2/.
(shraddhavan jan he, shraddhavan jan he !)
prabhur aajnay, bhai, maagi ei bhikhaa
bolo ‘krsna,’ bhajo krsna, koro krsna-shikhaa
3/.
Aparaadha-shunya ho’ye loha krsna-naam
Krsna maataa, krsna pitaa, krsna dhana-praan
4/.
Krsnera samsara koro chari’ anachar
Jibe doyaa, krsna-naam – sarba-dharma-saar
1/. In the land of Navadwip, on the island of Godruma, the magnanimous Lord Nityananda has opened a marketplace of the Holy Name for the deliverance of all fallen souls.
2/. Oh men of faith ! Oh men of faith ! By the order of Lord Gauranga, O brothers, I beg this one request; chant “Krishna !”, serve and worship Krishna, and learn about Krishna.
3/. Chant the holy names of Krishna without offense. Krishna is our mother, Krishna is our father, and Krishna is the treasure of our life.
4/. Giving up all material contamination, carry on your worldly duties, but in relation to Krishna. Showing compassion to all fallen souls by loudly chanting the holy names of Krishna is the essence of all forms of religion.
TWELVE NAMES OF THE MOONLIKE NITYANANDA PRABHU
by Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
1) nityanando ‘vadhutendur vasudha-prana-vallabhah
jahnavi-jivita-patih krsna-prema-pradah prabhuh
Twelve principle names of Sri Nityananda Prabhu are:
* Nityananda — He Who embodies eternal bliss
* Avadhutendu — The Moon of divine madmen
* Vasudha-prana-vallabha — The beloved of the life-breath of Vasudha
* Krsna-prema-prada — He Who bestows ecstatic love for Krsna
* Prabhu — The Lord and Master of the devotees
2) padmavati-sutah sriman saci-nandana-purvajah
bhavonmatto jagat-trata rakta-gaura-kalevarah
* Padmavati-suta — The dear son of Padmavati
* Sriman — He of spendrous 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
3) sri nityananda candrasya nama-dvadasakam subham
ya idam pratyaham pratah praty utthaya pathen narah
“That person who recites these twelve auspicious holy names of the moonlike Nityananda-chandra every day upon arising in the morning…
4) sa klesa-rahito bhutva prapnuyat sva-mano-ratham
turnam caitanya-devasya karuna-bhajanam bhavet
“such a person becomes free from all difficulties & attains all their most cherished desires. Very soon they become the object of Lord Chaitanya-deva’s mercy.”
3. PRAYERS TO LORD NITYANANDA By Lochana dAsa ThAkura
nitAI guNamaNi AmAra nitAI guNamaNi
AniyA premera banyA bhAsAla abanI
premera banyA laIyA nitAI AIlA gauDa-deze
Dubila bhakata-gaNa dIna hIna bhAse
dIna-hIna-patita-pAmara nAhi bAche
brahmAra durlabha prema sabAkAre jAce
Abaddha karuNA-sindhu (NitAI) kATiyA muhAna
ghare ghare bule prema amiyAra bAna
locana bole mora nitAI jebA nA bhajila
jAniyA zuniyA seI Atma-ghAtI haila
Purport (by Srila Prabhupada)–
This is a song by LocanadAsa ThAkura, who was almost contemporary with Lord Caitanya. he has written many books on the life and precepts of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. LocanadAsa says, “Lord NityAnanda is full of good qualities (NitAI-guNamaNi means the jewel all good qualities). He says this repeatedly.
AniyA premera banyA bhAsAla abanI. On account of His spiritual qualities, He has inundated the whole world with the flood of love of Godhead. It is by His kindness that people can experience what is love of God.
Premera banyA laiyA AilA gauDa-deze. When Lord Caitanya MahAprabhu left home and took sannyAsa, He made His headquarters at jagannAtha PurI. Lord NityAnanda also accompanied Him up to JagannAtha purI. After a few days Lord Caitanya requested Him, “If both of us remain here, then who will preach in Bengal?” Bengal is known as GauDa-deza. Under the order of Lord Caitanya, Lord NityAnanda brought with Him the flood of love of Godhead, and He distributed it to the whole of Bengal.
Dubila bhakata-gaNa dIna hIna bhAse. In that flood all the devotees drowned, but the non-devotees could not drown. They were floating. As far as Lord NityAnanda is concerned, he does not make any discrimination between devotees and nondevotees.
4) PRAYER TO LORD NITYANANDA
hADAyi-paNDita-tanUja kRpAsamudra
padmAvatI-tanaya tIrtha-padAravinda
tvaM prema-kalpa-tarur Arti-harAvatAro
mAM pAhi pAmaram anAtham ananya-bandhum
“O son of Padmavati and Harai Pandit, Ocean of grace, whose lotus feet are veritably places of pilgrimage. You are the remover of distress, the desire tree of Divine love. I am a vile wretch, with no master and no other friend. Please save me!”
