Nityananda Nam is Manjari Prema

BhaktiratnaSadhu

● “If one wants Manjari-prema and Harinam-siddhi in Manjari-prema, which even Gaura Krishna does not give directly, one has to take full shelter of Nityananda Nam and Nityananda Lila as They are both Ananga Manjari.”

Question: They asked me, “Show me one direct shastra proof that Nityananda and Nityananda Nam ARE actually Ananga Manjari and thus contain Manjari-prema. Otherwise, they said, accept right now that Nityananda can only send us to Radha, but He Himself is directly not in Radha-dasyam, just like Balarama is not. Just accept that Nityananda Nam can only purify and prepare us for Radha-dasyam, but has no Manjari-prema directly and independently in it. Also, accept that Jahnava is Ananga manjari, not Nityananda or Nityananda Nam.”

Answer by Bhaktiratna Sadhu:

● This proof you challenge us about Nityananda being Ananga manjari is there in Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.12.26 Anubhashya commentary of my parama-gurudeva Nayana-Mani manjari Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada, where he clearly confirms:

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“sri nityananda prabhu (Nityananda) sri varshabhanavira (as Radharani’s) anujaa-rupe (sister) madhura (madhurya) ratira (rasa) poshana (nourishes) karena. ei janya (that is why) sri thakur narottama balena (declares),—‘hena Nityananda vine (without Nityananda) bhai (o brother), radhakrishna paite (will attain) nai (no one), dridha (tightly) kari dhara (hold) Nityanandaera (Nityananda’s) paya (lotus feet)’”

● “In HIS FORM as the younger sister of Sri Radharani, Sri Nityananda Prabhu Himself nourishes conjugal mellows personally. That is why Sri Thakura Narottama has said: ‘heno Nityananda vine bhai, radha-krsna paite nai, drdha kari’ dhara nityanandera paya’.”

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● This proof confirms and solidifies Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s direct statement that Nityananda constantly serves Radha as Ananga manjari: “Radhara madhuri Ananga manjari, Nityananda nitu se seve”.

● Some others falsely argue that Ananga manjari is the 9th sakhi, not exactly a manjari. So they wrongly claim that Nityananda and Nityananda Nam contain only sakhi-bhava, not manjari-bhava. But Ananga’s eternal age is 13 like the other manjaris, not 14+ like the sakhis. Besides Her name is manjari not sakhi. Doesn’t that make it very obvious that she is a manjari not a sakhi? How can a sakhi be named as manjari?

● And if that is not enough, Kamala manjari Srila Bhaktivinoda clearly describes in Siddhi Lalasa and Navadvipa Bhava Taranga how Ananga manjari is always with Rupa manjari, not directly with the 8 sakhis. This establishes that Ananga is not a sakhi but actually a manjari in Lalita’s camp, the number 2 manjari after Rupa, the number 1 merciful manjari among all the manjaris, and the only way for any soul to enter in any of 8 sakhis' camps by getting manjari-prema.

● Ananga has the 9th kunja in the center of Radha Kund, not because She is a sakhi like the 8 sakhis who have their kunjas around Radha Kund, but because of Her special position as the younger sister of Radha and specifically because her kunja in the center facilitates the various sevas of the manjaris to Radha Krishna and Their ashtasakhis during the jala-krida madhyana pastimes. Also her Kunja in the middle is linked to her bosom friend Rupa manjari's seva-sthali in Lalita Kunja on the northen banks of Radha Kund. Thus, there remains no doubt whatsoever that Nityananda, Nityananda Nam, Nityananda Lila and Nityananda Dham contain the topmost and rarest Manjari-prema Themselves, not just award it.

● Now you should understand why Nityananda has the mahabhava manjari-prema golden complexion of Ananga, not the white complexion of Balarama. And now it is you who should accept that this is exactly why Nityananda married both Jahnava and Vasudha, who are also Ananga manjari (GGD 66) not just Revati and Varuni (Balarama's consorts from the Dwaraka Lila). It is not just a convenient coincidence but an union of the highest manjari-rasa. Thus it proves beyond all doubt that the syllables and sound of Nityananda Nam contain and reveal Ananga‘s kunja and our Manjari-seva in Radha Kund which is the topmost of all rasas and svarupa in creation.

● Nowhere in the scriptures has even Lord Balarama Himself been directly linked to Ananga Manjari, what to speak of His Dwaraka consort Revati? Ananga is in Radha Krishna’s camp, not in the camp of Balarama’s Gopis headed by Purnananda Gopi. So how can the question of Revati expanding as Ananga Manjari even exist? It is not siddhantically accurate to say that Balarama expands as Ananga Manjari, because it is specifically Nityananda who is Ananga Manjari. Srila Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhara Maharaj confirms that Nityananda's ontological rasa and position is even higher than Balarama's because Gaura Lila uniquely elevated the rasas of so many Vraja, Dwaraka, Ayodhya, and Vaikuntha associates of the Lord. This is the deepest secret of them all.

● Besides, how can an associate of Dwaraka (Revati) expand as an associate in Vraja (Ananga) when Vraja is actually the origin of Dwaraka. We all know that Radha from Vraja becomes Satyabhama and Her sister Chandravali expands as Rukmini in Dwaraka Lila. So how can it happen the exact opposite in Revati’s case? Where is the shastra pramana for this statement?

● It can also be claimed that Ananga Manjari was a consort of Lord Balarama using the A=B, B=C, so A=C logic. But that would also be totally wrong as Balarama does not directly become intimate with Radha or any of Radha’s sakhis, what to speak of Her private manjaris and younger sister like Ananga Manjari.

● It is Nityananda and His two shaktis Jahnava and Vasudha who are Ananga Manjari. Srila Shridhar Maharaj said that in Gaura Lila, Nityananda attained an even higher and most special Rasa than Balarama, which is the form of Ananga Manjari.

Nityananda IS Ananga Manjari. (SVDT: Radhara Madhuri Ananga Manjari, Nityananda Nitu Se Seve)

● I have thus undisputably established that Manjari Prema, the topmost attainment of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and topmost achievement in the whole creation, aspired for by even Lord Gaura Krishna Himself, is not just awarded by Nityananda Nam and Nityananda Lila but also present in Them just like it is in Harinam! So our Nityananda Nam and Nityananda Lila for Harinam Siddhi offering is not some incomplete offering dependant on other practices, but the ultimate secret of all secrets!

AdvaitaNityanandadas

The Highest form of Spiritual love giver is our Nityananda Bhagavan. ki jai

Hadaisutadas

Jai Vasudha Jahnava Nityananda!🙏🌸

Thanks for another beautiful article dear Gurudeva. It reminds of this beautiful verse which you have included in the नित्यानन्द नित्यपाठ 🌷🌷🌷

BhaktiratnaSadhu

Hadaisutadas Yes 😍, I have composed this verse as the ultimate prayer and pranam mantra to Nityananda including the Supremely Holy Names of Jahnava, Vasudha, Nityananda Gaura, Krishna, Ananga Manjari, Harinam, Namlekhan, and Radharani Herself, unbelievably all of Them in one prayer or verse:

वसुधा जाहनवा कांतम
नित्यानन्द गौरकृष्ण प्रियम ।
हरिनाम लेखन प्रदम
अनंग मंजरी रूपम
राधानुजा नमाम्यहम । ।

Jaahnavaa Vasudhaa Kaantam (Lover)
Nityananda Gaura Krishna Priyam (Dear)
Harinam Lekhan Pradam
(Giver of Harinam and Lekhan)
Ananga Manjari Rupam (Form of)
Raadhaanujaa (Sister of Radha)
Namaamyaham (Obeisances)

One can now remember all Their Divine Forms interconnected in simply one verse and derive complete auspiciousness by reciting just one verse.

Hadaisutadas

Hare Krishna! Jai Nityananda! Thanks Gurudeva! Will recite this nectarean verse daily 🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷

Yajnesvaradas

Maharaj - you knocked them for a six!!

Did anyone come back to you and say how much they appreciated you explanation?

i remember reading in Prema Vilasa, how some person came to Vraja, when the the six Goswamis were there, and this person wanted to debate with, Rupa and Santana, but they did not want to hassle with the guy, so they issued some signed letter, advising the world that they had been defeated in debate by this person.

Then, I think it was, Jiva Goswami, who went to bat for them and completely trounced that person, who actually had the humility to accept his defeat.

Anyway it was wonderful to see how you were challenged, and you took the challenge and presented to them the proof to what they thought was an impossibility to prove. You easily showed them the reality, then you challenged them- you threw the ball back into their court.

Sorry for mixing up the sports here - cricket and tennis. Because you have entered that dimension you can clearly present the facts as they are, for all to learn, and get a glimpse -l ike you said - you are not presenting some incomplete offering, but it is the topmost secret of all secrets in creation.

BhaktiratnaSadhu

Dear Yajnesvaradas, You made me cry by writing this. All my efforts in presenting these deepest secrets of Nityananda Tattva for Hare Krishna Rasa are successful even if only a handful of intelligent souls in this world begin to appreciate them so deeply as you do dear prabhuji. Because one staunch devotee of Nityananda can grant the topmost offenseless love not only to the whole humanity but the whole creation. nityanandera eka eka janera, brahmanda tarite shakti... 😭

Yajnesvaradas Did anyone come back to you and say how much they appreciated you explanation?

I can only hope that they somehow read and understand. I don’t expect them to come to me and apologize or anything because it is not me whom they have minimized. It was never about that. If it was about me, I would have accepted that I am utterly unworthy to be their Guru, as I always do. And I would have requested them to accept a more qualified spiritual master, but pleased with them at least not to challenge Nityananda’s position (nityananda seviha jehena bhagavan).

It is Nityananda Himself whom they have belittled by saying that His name does not have Madhurya rasa and that He can't be worshiped on His own. So it is between them and Nityananda what happens now. I just don’t want them to undermine Nityananda Tattva for the sake of their own souls and beg Nityananda and His associates for forgivness for this, for the sake of their own Bhakti. So that they can also attain Gaura Radha Krishna quickly. They may not want my good wishes for them. But I will always remain their well-wisher even if they think otherwise. 🙏

Yajnesvaradas

BhaktiratnaSadhu, And after reading your reply Maharaj, all I can do is cry and beg to Jahnava Nityananda to have mercy on this insignificant lost soul, otherwise I have no hope of ever attaining my life’s goal.

Yajnesvaradas

Maharaj - Just to let you know I was not feeling elated that you had actually defeated them, but actually I was feeling “what an amazing answer you had given for everyone’s benefiting the hope we/they will get a glimpse of the reality of Nityananda being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and later I was reading a translation of Sri Sri Nityanandastakam written by Srila Vrindavan das Thakur, as it appears in “Sri Sri Nityananda Mahimamrtam published by Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. the translation of verse 2 in that book is:

“I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda Prabhu, the root of the Krishna-bhakti tree, Who is the mainstay of all rasas (mellows of devotional service), Who is the be all and end all of His devotees, Who is beyond compare, Who is the master of both Vasudha and Jahnava who consider Him more dear than their own lives, Who is always maddened in Krishnaprem, and Who is unrecognised as the Supreme Lord only by those of apathetic disposition.”

Nityananda Prabhu is unrecognised as the Supreme Lord only by those of apathetic disposition - this statement really struck me. In your reply to me you are hoping that by your response even those who are of apathetic disposition towards Nityananda Prabhu will ultimately be able to find real and lasting happiness.

It’s not about teams - whose team wins or loses as you point out, it’s only about wanting every soul to be able to taste and experience Krishnaprem - you are proceeding in that direction with your explanations, and simultaneously defending your Beloved.

BhaktiratnaSadhu

Yajnesvaradas Jai ho, very nice proof. You are a very fine reader. These actual Sanskrit words in Verse 2 of Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s Nityanandashtakam are:

param-aviditaṁ manda-manasāṁ

param = as the Supreme Lord in all respects
aviditaṁ = unrecognizable
manda = feeble
manasāṁ = intelligence

It reads: “The full glories of Nityananda in all rasas and Nityananda’s actual position as the Supreme Lord, Enjoyer, and Avatari Himself is unrecognizable by those with feeble intelligence.”

No one can deny the Avatari of any rasa as the Avatari is the very source of all rasas.

Yajnesvaradas

BhaktiratnaSadhu
That manda manasam - feeble intelligence - is such a “colourful” way of putting it. Srila Vrindavan das Thakur certainly knew how to describe the state/mentality of such people. In Aus we have a statement meaning practically the same thing - dunder head- we would say “what a dunder head such and such is” - meaning- such and such has no brains to understand anything - stupid fellow”

Many people I know, think they are so very intelligent, but they can not understand or appreciate that Nityananda Prabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead- the same person/identity as Sri Krishna Chaitanya, and they always attempt, in their minds, to put Nityananda in a box as Someone inferior to Mahaprabhu
There is a song by Locana dasa Thakur - “Nityananda Guna-mani Amar” - My Nityananda is a jewel mine of All Transcendental Qualities- and in the last verse of that song he says “He is an unfortunate fellow, who does not take shelter of Nityananda, and does not perform the bhajana of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, begging His mercy. Such a person willingly commits suicide”

Yajnesvaradas

Yajnesvaradas Also in that same 2nd verse of Srila Vrindavan das Thakur’s Nityanandastakam he says Nityananda is the mainstay of all rasas- so surely He will be knowing and tasting the experience of the rasas of the Manjaris also, and involved with that, as He is the mainstay - the foundation of all rasas- indeed the very root of the tree of Krishna bhakti. Nityananda Nityananda Nityananda bol! Hare Krishna!!!

PadmaNityanandadasi

Heno Nityananda vine bhai Radha Krishna paite nai , Dridha Kari dharo Nityanandera paya. 🙏🙏🙏

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