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Nitāi
Nitāi--Pada
Pada--Kamala Purport
—
Los Angeles, January 31, 1969
Prabhupāda: (sings)
nitāi-pada-kamala, koṭi-candra-suśītala,
je chāyāy jagata jurāy
heno nitāi bine bhāi, rādhā-kṛṣṇa pāite nāi,
dṛḍha kori' dharo nitāir pāy
nitāi-pada-kamala, koṭi-candra-suśītala,
je chāyāy jagata jurāy,
heno nitāi bine bhai, rādhā-kṛṣṇa pāite nāi,
dharo nitāi-caraṇa du'khani
He says that "If you are anxious to go back to home, back to Godhead, and
become associate with Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, then the best policy is to take shel-
ter of Nityānanda." Then he says, se sambandha nāhi jā'r, bṛthā janma gelo
tā'r: "One who has not been able to contact Nityānanda, then one should
think of himself that he has simply spoiled his valuable life." Bṛthā jan-
ma gelo, bṛthā means for nothing, and janma means life. Gelo tā'r, spoiled.
Because he has not made connection with Nityānanda. The Nityānanda,
very name, suggests... Nitya means eternal. Ānanda means pleasure. Mate-
rial pleasure is not eternal. That is the distinction. Therefore those who are
intelligent, they are not interested with this flickering pleasure of material
world. Every one of us, as living entity, we are searching after pleasure. But
the pleasure which we are seeking, that is flickering, temporary. That is not
pleasure. Real pleasure is nityānanda, eternal pleasure. So anyone who has
no contact with Nityānanda, it is to be understood that his life is spoiled.
se sambandha nāhi jā'r, bṛthā janma gelo tā'r,
sei paśu boro durācār
Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura uses here very harsh word. He says that such hu-
man being is an animal, an uncontrollable animal. As there are some ani-
mals that cannot be tamed, so anyone who has not contacted Nityānanda,
he should be considered as an untamed animal. Sei paśu boro durā-
cār. Why? Because nitāi nā bolilo mukhe: "He never uttered the holy name
of Nityānanda." And majilo saṁsāra-sukhe, "and become merged into this
material happiness." Vidyā-kule ki koribe tār. "That nonsense does not
know that what will his education and family and tradition and nationality
will help him?" These things cannot help him. These are all temporary
things. Simply, if we want eternal pleasure, we must contact Nityānan-
da. Vidyā-kule ki koribe tār. Vidyā means education, and kula means fa-
mily, nationality. So we may have a very nice family connection or we may
have very nice national prestige, but after ending this body, these things
will not help me. I'll carry my work with me, and according to that work, I
shall have to accept by force another type of body. It may be something ot-
her than human body. So these things cannot protect us or give us the real
pleasure. So Narottama dāsaṬhākura advises that vidyā-kule ki koribe
tār. Then he says, ahaṅkāre matta hoiyā. "Being maddened after false pres-
tige and identification..." False identification with the body and prestige of
bodily relationship, it is called ahaṅkāre matta hoiyā. One is madafter this
false prestige. Ahaṅkāre matta hoiyā, nitāi-pada pāsariyā. Due to this false
prestige we are thinking, "Oh, what is Nityānanda? What can He do for me?
I don't care." So these are the signs of false prestige. Ahaṅkāre matta hoi-
yā, nitāi-pada pāsa..., asatyere satya kori māni. The result is that I am ac-
cepting something which is false. For example, I am accepting this body.
This body, I am not this body. Therefore, with false identification I am beco-
ming entangled more and more. So one who is puffed up with this false
prestige, ahaṅkāre matta hoiyā, nitāi-pada pā..., asatyere sat-
ya kori māni, he accepts something wrong as right. Then he says, nitāiyer
koruṇā habe, braje rādhā-kṛṣṇa pābe. If you are actually serious about
going back to home, back to Godhead, then please seek after the mercy
of Nityānanda. Ahaṅkāre...
nitāiyer koruṇā habe, braja rādhā-kṛṣṇa pābe,
dharo nitāi-caraṇa du'khāni
So just catch Him very tightly. Narottama boro duḥkhī, nitāi more koro suk-
hī. At the last Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, the composer of this song, he is ap-
pealing to Nityānanda, "My dear Lord, I am very unhappy. So You please
make me happy. And You kindly keep me in corner of Your lotus feet." That
is the sum and substance of this song. (end)