“Calling Nityananda as the partial expansions of Ananta, etc. is not His real glories. He is the AVATARI Himself, so everything is possible for Him.” (CC 1.5.126-127)
Nityananda is Balarama, the origin of both the spiritual and material worlds, as revealed in the Vedic scriptures as follows:
● Ananta Samhita of Atharva Veda Shruti
nityanando maha-kayo
bhutva mat-kirtane ratah
vimudhan bhakti-rahitan
mama bhaktan karisyasi
In the Ananta-Samhita, the Lord declares to Anantadeva: “When I appear in Navadvipa in Kali-yuga, You will become Nityananda. You will have a very tall, beautiful, and large body. You will be constantly absorbed in chanting My name and glories. In this way, by Your causeless mercy You will transform many bewildered and lost souls, who are totally devoid of devotion, into My pure unalloyed devotees.”
● Vayu Purana Smriti
balaramo mamaivamsah
so ‘pi mat-prstham esyati
nityananda iti khyato
nyasi-cudamanih ksitau
In the Vayu Purana, the Lord tells Brahma: “Lord Balarama, who is non-different from Me, will also appear by My side as Lord Nityananda. He will become the crest jewel of all renunciants on earth.”
krtvavadhuta-vesam sa
dharman bhagavatan bahun
grahayitva janan ittham
grhinam asramam tatah
“Assuming the dress of an avadhuta, Nityananda will freely and liberally distribute pure love of God. He will do so first as a brahmacari and later as a householder.”
jahnavy-adibhir atmanam,
darsayisyati manavan.
“Accompanied by His eternal consort Srimati Jahnava devi and many other intimate associates, Nityananda will reveal His transcendental pastimes to the people.”
● Nityananda in the Bhakti Smriti Shastras
● Sri Caitanya Caritamrita
● Nityananda is not just Servitor Godhead but He is also the Avatari Himself, just like Gauranga Krishna
tanhake ‘ananta’ kahi
ki tanra mahima
sakala sambhave tante
yate avatari
(CC 1.5.126-127)
“Calling Nityananda as the partial expansions of Ananta, etc. is not His real glories. Everything is possible for Him as He is the Avatari Himself.”
nityananda-avadhuta
— ‘saksat isvara’
(CC 3.7.20)
“Nityananda Avadhuta is also Sakshat Ishvara or the Avatari or the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
eka-i svarupa donhe
bhinna-matra kaya
(CC 1.5.5)
“Nityananda Balarama and Gauranga Krishna both are one and the same Person. Only Their Forms (Bodies) are different.”
govindera pratimurti
sri balarama
(CC 1.5.73)
“Nityananda Balarama is the direct self-same reflection of Gauranga Krishna.”
sankarshanah karana-toya-shayi
garbhoda-sayi ca payobdhi-shayi
sheshas cha yasyamsha-kalah sa nitya-
nandakhya-ramah saranam mamastu
(CC 1.5.7)
“May Sri Nityananda Prabhu be the object of my constant remembrance. Sankarshana, Mahavishnu, Garbhodakshayi Vishnu, and Kshirodakshayi Vishnu, as well as Shesha are His expansions and the expansions of His expansions. That same Nityananda Prabhu, is none other than Balarama.”
mayatite vyapi-vaikuntha-loke
purnaishvarye shri-chatur-vyuha-madhye
rupam yasyodbhati sankarshanakhyam
tam shri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
(CC 1.5.13)
“I surrender unto the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Rama, who is known as Sankarsana in the midst of the catur-vyuha [consisting of Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikunthaloka, far beyond the material creation.”
maya-bhartajanda-sanghasrayangah
sete sakshat karanambhodhi-madhye
yasyaikamsah shri-puman adi-devas
tam shri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
(CC 1.5.50)
“I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Shri Nityananda Rama, whose partial representation called Karanodakashayi Vishnu, lying on the Karana ocean, is the original Purusha, the master of the illusory energy and the shelter of all the material universes.”
yasyamshamsah shrila-garbhoda-sayi
yan-nabhy-abjam loka-sanghata-nalam
loka-srashtuh sutika-dhama dhatus
tam shri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
(CC 1.5.93)
“I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Shri Nityananda Rama, a partial part of whom is Garbhodakshayi Vishnu. From the navel of Garbhodakshayi Vishnu sprouts the lotus stem that is the birthplace of Brahma, the engineer of the Universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets.”
yasyamshamsamsah paratmakhilanam
poshta vishnur bhati dugdhabdhi-shayi
kshauni-bharta yat-kala so ‘py anantas
tam shri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
(CC 1.5.109)
“I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Shri Nityananda Rama, whose secondary part is the Vishnu lying in the ocean of milk. That Kshirodakashayi Vishnu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universe. Shesha Naga is His further sub-part.”