(5/16) Please Give These Alms

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Adhivas of Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance, evening class
Sri Ekachakra Dham, 24 February 2021, part 5
Translated from Bengali

Today, by a great fortune, we have come here and got this opportunity to speak and listen to something about the Lord. You may have heard it when we were singing the kirtans:

কবে শ্রীচৈতন্য মোরে করিবেন দয়া ।
কবে আমি পাইব বৈষ্ণব-পদছায়া ॥

kabe sri chaitanya more karibena daya
kabe ami paiba vaisnava-pada-chhaya

‘When will Sri Chaitanya (my chaitya-guru) be merciful to me? When will I come in the shade of Vaishnavs’ feet?’

কবে আমি ছাড়িব এ বিষয়াভিমান ।
কবে বিষ্ণুজনে আমি করিব সম্মান ॥

kabe ami chhadiba e visayabhimana
kabe visnu-jane ami kariba sammana

‘When will I give up this mundane ego? When will I give honour to the Lord’s devotees?’

(Sri Kalyan-kalpataru, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

‘When will I leave this material ego? When will I be able to give honour to the Lord’s devotees?’ I am praying to you all with folded palms: please do not speak. If you need something, you can leave and come back later. Do not make noise. I am asking you to place your minds, bodies, hearts, everything, at the holy feet of the Lord as alms for one–two hours. Please give your minds to the Lord’s holy feet as alms. Listen to what we are discussing, and one day, sooner or later, you will get benefit. One day, you will understand what benefit it brings. We will leave these bodies and go away one day, and nobody knows what our situation will be in the future. But we have now come to the holy abode of Nitai as the result of our great fortune. Do you think that you can see this holy dham with your material eyes? Our eyes and our consciousness are covered by illusory environment, but gurudev and Vaishnavs mercifully give us an opportunity to listen and speak about the Lord.

We listen to all sorts of bad talks the whole day, and if we do not like to hear kirtan, if we feel no taste, think why it is so. If you eat something when you have a fever, you will not like the taste; in the same way, if you are sick – as long as you have pancha-roga (avidya, asmita, raga, dvesa, abhinivesa: ignorance, false identification, misdirected love, aversion to anything that goes against one’s enjoyment, being unable to give up unfavourable habits), kama, krodha, lobha, moha, mada, matsarya (lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness, envy), rupa, rasa, gandha, sabda, sparsa (desire to enjoy with your eyes, tongue, nose, ears, skin) – you will not like listening to spiritual talks. Actually, only intimate devotees of the Lord are qualified and have the right to hear these talks…

Anyhow, you have got this opportunity today.

I have been telling you about Sriman Nityananda Prabhu for the past two days. Sriman Nityananda Prabhu performed His childhood pastimes at this place. He also performed His pastimes in Nabadwip and went to Puri with Mahaprabhu. In Nabadwip, He lived at Srivas Pandit’s house. You know that. Sometimes, Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu went to Sri Gauri Das Pandit’s house in Kalna, and the Deities of Gaura-Nitai, which manifested there after one of Their visits, are still there to this day. Everybody calls Gauri Das Pandit’s house ‘Mahaprabhu’s house.’ Gauri Das Pandit lived there with his brother, Surya Das Sarkhel, who had two daughters, Jahnava Devi and Vasudha. Nityananda Prabhu took both daughters as His two saktis…

It is impossible for a fallen, lowly soul such as myself to utter anything about Sri Nityananda Prabhu’s glory. Only if gurudev bestows his mercy can it be possible. I have heard something from gurudev’s holy mouth, I have read what Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami described, what Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur described, what Srila Lochan Das Thakur described, what Srila Narottam Das Thakur described. These are very beautiful things. Sri Advaita Prabhu also composed a poem in glorification of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Sriman Mahaprabhu Himself also glorified Sri Nityananda Prabhu to the extent that He even said:

মদিরা যবনী যাদি নিত্যানন্দ ধরে ।
তথাপি ব্রহ্মার বন্দ্য কহিল তোমারে ॥

madira yavani yadi nityananda dhare
tathapi brahmara vandya kahila tomare

‘Even if Nityananda Prabhu comes drunk, with a Muslim lady by His side, He is always worshippable for Lord Brahma.’

(Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata, 3.6.123)

Mahaprabhu said, ‘Even if Nityananda Prabhu comes holding a drunk Muslim woman, Brahma will pay an obeisance to Him.’

Sri Nityananda Prabhu is avadhut. He has no external consciousness. You know that Mahaprabhu lost His elder brother, Vishvarup, and Sri Nityananda Prabhu performed His pastimes in such a way that Sri Sachi Mata affectionally saw Him as her younger son. Sri Nityananda Prabhu sometimes wore yellows clothes, sometimes blue, sometimes red. He sometimes wore garlands on His wrists, sometimes on His neck. Sometimes, He was seen wearing earrings in His ears.

This Sri Nityananda Prabhu appeared in this land in the family of Sri Hadai Pandit and Sri Padmavati Devi and performed His childhood pastimes right in the fields next to our temple. He played at Jahnu Kunda. The temple in the pond is now unmanifest, but Sri Nityananda Prabhu would play there in His childhood. Later, He travelled to various holy places together with Sri Madhavendra Puri – He took the darshan of Ksir-chor Gopinath, Saksi Gopal and finally received Mahaprabhu’s darshan. Later, Sri Nityananda Prabhu circumambulated Sri Nabadwip Dham with Sri Jiva Goswami Prabhu. You all know about that. You can read about in detail in Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala…

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1) Sri Ekachakra Temple
2) Parental Sacrifice
3) Full Service Sway
4) Life in Kirtan
5) Please Give These Alms
6) Remembering Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
7) Sri Sivananda Sen's Mercy
8) Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Eccentricity
9) Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami's Gratitude
10) Unblemished Nitai
11) Sri Nityananda's Supreme Mercy
12) Our Only Wealth and Shelter
13) Mahaprabhu's Private Order
14) Nityananda Prabhu's Campaign
15) Humility and Deep Faith
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