(5/6) Remembering Nityananda Prabhu's Glory (2)

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Singur, noon programme
14 February 2021, part 5
Translated from Bengali

Another time, when Mahaprabhu again came to Gauri Das Pandit’s house with Nityananda Prabhu, He said to Gauri Das Pandit:

‘We keep coming to your house, We inconvenience you. Listen, I have one whimsical request to you…’

‘What whimsical request?’ Gauri Das Pandit asked.

‘Well, Nitai goes to eat at random houses, there is nobody to cook for Him. It is a problem for Him. Can you arrange for somebody to cook for Him?’

‘How am I to do that?’

‘Well, you could help. You have a brother, Surya Das, and he has two daughters… Give one daughter for Nitai.’

‘They are not my daughters, so I must ask my brother first.’

When Gauri Das Pandit asked his brother, Surya Das replied, ‘What? He is a sadhu – He goes to eat at this house, that house, He does not have any rice or even an oven! He will not even be able to feed my girl…’ (Nityananda Prabhu’s wealth is actually immense – His family owned thousands and thousands of acres of land.) So, both brothers became upset because Gaura and Nitai had come to their house, but they could not satisfy Their request.

When Gaura and Nitai were at Gauri Das Pandit’s house, Jahnava’s and Nitai’s suddenly eyes met. Jahnava is Nityananda Prabhu’s sakti, she is not a common wife like those that men keep in this world. Moreover, in the olden days, when an unmarried girl saw a boy, she would feel very shy. So, when their eyes met, Jahnava felt very shy – she ran to the forest and fainted there! Foam started coming from her mouth. Gaura and Nitai understood everything, but nobody else could. Everybody started looking for the girl, ‘Where has she gone?’ Eventually, somebody found her lying in the forest, unconscious, foam coming out of her mouth. They carried her home. Thinking she had been bitten by a snake, they sent for a healer. When people saw her dead-like state, they started talking among each other, ‘See? Mahaprabhu wanted to give this girl to Nitai, but they did not give her, that must be why it has happened.’ Gauri Das went to look for Nitai and Gaura. He looked everywhere and finally found Them sitting under a tamarind tree (that tree is still there today). He ran to Them, panting. Nitai and Gaura asked him,

‘What has happened, Prabhu?’

‘My brother’s elder daughter has passed away. She has been bitten by a snake. Please come with me!’

‘What will We go there for? We are not doctors… Send for a healer, what will We do there?’

‘No, no, come, please come with me!’

Gauri Das Pandit forcefully took Nitai and Gaura home and then said to Nitai, ‘Here, please accept this girl.’

‘What am I to do with a dead girl?!’ Nityananda Prabhu replied, surprised. ‘She cannot serve Deities, she cannot cook or wash the dishes for Deities, what will I do with her?!’

Still, Gauri Das Pandit insisted, ‘No, no, You must accept her!’

‘Well, you have to arrange for a dowry then.’

‘Dowry? I am a poor brahman, where will I get dowry? I have no money, no property, what dowry can I give You?’

‘No, no. You do not need to give Me any money. Give the younger daughter as the dowry!’

Now Gauri Das Pandit was in trouble. He thought, ‘If I say no again, what if the second girl dies too?’ So, having no choice, he finally said, ‘All right, take both girls.’

Then, Nityananda Prabhu put His hand on Jahnava, the dead girl, and she slowly opened her eyes. She sat up, and then Vasudha, her younger sister, came, and both of them put garlands on Nityananda Prabhu’s neck. After that, the three of them left and came to Birbhum, Sri Ekachakra Dham. In her later life, Jahnava Devi left everything and went to Vrindavan. You may have seen her samadhi there, at Radha Kunda.

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