Re: Lord Nityaananda and His Name are non-different and all powerful

Dear devotees,

       Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my obeisances!

       All the various expansions of Godhead like Visnu, Narasimha, Rama, Nityananda Balarama and other forms accept the prayers and offerings and the position of the Supreme Lord only as long as Lord Gauranga Krishna the original source remains invisible. When Lord Gauranga Krishna appears, their role changes. Then all the expansions become devotees and show their servitor Lordship qualities and bow down before Him. They surrender their godly opulences to the original source and become humble servants. Lord Nityananda gave his plough to Lord Gauranga when Lord Gauranga manifested the mood of Balarama. That is an incredible pastime as Lord Balarama is Lord Nityananda, and yet he is also serving Lord Gauranga Krishna who is manifesting the form and mood of Lord Balarama.

        Another realisation I had while reading this is that Lord Gauranga Krishna, the source of all sources and who is supremely independent can manifest the forms of any of His expansions like Rama, Balarama, Narayana or even Lord Siva. He can also manifest the forma of sakti tattva of his various potencies and energies like Lakshmi Devi, or Rukmini. But the reverse is not true. The servitor Lordships do not manifest the form of the original. The sakti tattva and the other plenary expansions are all dependent on the orignal source while the saktiman tattva has supremely independent desires. Therfore the servitor Lorships do not manifest the forms of the original candle. However Lord Gauranga can manifest through any of his expansions and he has done this in Dwaraka (Narada), Vaikunta (Ramanuja). At that time, the expansions become transparent and you see the original source of all sources before whom all of existence bows down. The supersoul becomes transparent and Vaikunta is revealed. And when Vaikunta becomes transparent we see Navadvipa Vrindavana. All the other abodes of the Lord are autmatically included in Vrindavana-Navadvipa. The whole tattva is something similar to an onion peel seen from inside to out. The outer layers encompass the inner ones within them. I keep getting some small insights even as I write.

         Really I don't deserve this at all as my character is not proper, my habits are not clean and my chanting is everything but non-existent. Still by mercy of Hadai prabhu and Swamiji, still they invite me to serve more and more. I pray that inspite of all my bad qualities you will still keep me engaged in this service. Please forgive me for all my abominable acts. You Vaisnavas are my only refuge and shelter and I cannot go elsewhere and I do not have anyone else whom I can turn to. I cannot serve the Lord directly. I am only fit to serve you. Please shower some mercy on this fallen soul and keep me engaged in your service. You have done so much for me, now I must serve you. That is my only eternal job and I would be totally ungrateful if I didn't. How can this debt ever be repaid? We are eternally indebted to our guru and his servants for having given us so much love and mercy and we pray that we will be qualified to serve your feet always.

Aspiring to become your pure servant,
Srinath

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Re: Lord Nityaananda and His Name are non-different and all powerful

Lower then wrote : There is a big difference from Master and servant. Nityananda Balaram is serving Lord Krsna.

I understand the mood in which you are talking Prabhuji. Certainly I agree to what you are saying. Lord Gauraanga Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Lord Nityaananda Balarama is the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead.

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Re: Lord Nityaananda and His Name are non-different and all powerful

dandavats Mihir
                without being offensive  to you. My Prabhupada never called me prabhuji.

Now getting back to Nityananda being non different from Krsna.

                                    TEXT 5

                    eka-i svarupa donhe, bhinna-matra kaya
                     adya kaya-vyuha, krsna-lilara sahaya

                                 TRANSLATION

     They are both one and the same identity. They differ only in form. He is the first bodily expansion of Krsna, and He assists in Lord Krsna's transcendental pastimes.

                                   PURPORT

     Balarama is a svamsa expansion of the Lord, and therefore there is no difference in potency between Krsna and Balarama. The only difference is in Their bodily structure. As the first expansion of Godhead, Balarama is the chief Deity among the first quadruple forms, and He is the foremost assistant of Sri Krsna in His transcendental activities.

                                    TEXT 6

                  sei krsna--nava-dvioe sri-caitanya-candra
                      sei balarama--sange sri-nityananda

                                 TRANSLATION

     That original Lord Krsna appeared in Navadvipa as Lord Caitanya, and Balarama appeared with Him as Lord Nityananda.


                                    TEXT 7

                         sankarsanah karana-toya-sayi
                        garbhoda-sayi ca payobdhi-sayi
                      sesas ca yasyamsa-kalah sa nitya--
                       nandakhya-ramah saranam mamastu

                                 TRANSLATION

     May Sri Nityananda Rama be the object of my constant remembrance. Sankarsana, SesaNaga and the Visnus who lie on the Karana Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.

                                   PURPORT

     Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami has recorded this verse in his diary to offer his respectful obeisances to Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This verse also appears as the seventh of the first fo urteen verses of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.

                                    TEXT 8

                     sri-balarama gosani mula-sankarsana
                   panca-rupa dhari' karena krsnera se vana

                                 TRANSLATION

     Lord Balarama is the original Sankarsana. He assumes five other forms to serve Lord Krsna.


                                    TEXT 9

                      apan e karena krsna-iilara sahaya
                    srsti-lila-karya kare dhari' cari kaya

                                 TRANSLATION

     He Himself helps in the pastimes of Lord Krsna, and He does the work of creation in four other forms.


                                   TEXT 10

                   srsty-adika se va,--tanra ajnara palana
                   `sesa'-rupe kare krsnera vividha sevana

                                 TRANSLATION

     He executes the orders of Lord Krsna in the work of creation, and in the form of Lord Sesa He serves Krsna in various ways.


                                   PURPORT

     According to expert opinion, Balarama, as the chief of the original quadruple forms, is also the original Sankarsana. Balarama, the first expansion of Krsna, ex pands Himself in five forms: (1) Maha-San karsana, (2) Karanabd h isayi, (3) Garbhodakasayi, (4) Ksirodakasayi, and (5) Sesa. These five plenary portions are responsible for both the spiritual and material cosmic manifestations. In these five forms Lord Balarama assists Lord Krsna in His activities. The first four of these forms are responsible for the cosmic manifestations, whereas Sesa is responsible for personal service to the Lord. Sesa is called Ananta, or unlimited, because He assists the Personality of Godhead in His unlimited expansions by performing an unlimited variety of services. Sri Balarama is the servitor Godhead who serves Lord Krsna in all affairs of existence and knowledge. Lord Nityananda Prabhu, who is the same servitor Godhead, Balarama, performs the same service to Lord Gauranga by constant associatio n.

                                   TEXT 11

                     sarva-rupe asvadaye krsna-se vananda
                     sei balarama--gaura-sange nityananda

                                 TRANSLATION

     In all the forms He tastes the transcendental bliss of serving Krsna. That same Balarama is Lord Nityananda, the companion of Lord Gaurasundara.



There is a big difference from Master and servant. Nityananda Balaram is serving Lord Krsna.

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