Verse 1.2.2

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.2:

জয নিত্যানন্দ গদাধরের জীবন জয জয অদ্বৈতাদি-ভক্তের শরণ ॥ ২ ॥

जय नित्यानन्द गदाधरेर जीवन जय जय अद्वैतादि-भक्तेर शरण ॥ २ ॥

jaya nityānanda gadādharera jīvana jaya jaya advaitādi-bhaktera śaraṇa || 2 ||

jaya nityananda gadadharera jivana jaya jaya advaitadi-bhaktera sarana (2)

English translation:

(2) All glories to the life and soul of Nityānanda and Gadādhara! All glories to the shelter of the devotees headed by Advaita Prabhu!

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī was the foremost amongst Mahāprabhu’s intimate devotees. As he is the origin of the śakti-tattva, he was present in the Lord’s pastimes at both Navadvīpa and Nīlācala. He lived first in Navadvīpa, and later he lived as a kṣetra-sannyāsī in a subforest near the ocean at Nīlācala. The pure devotees who worship the sweet feature of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda take shelter of Gadādhara and thus become known as intimate devotees of Śrī Gaura. Those who are not enthusiastic to worship the sweet feature of the Lord perform devotional service under the shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu. Some of Gaura’s devotees like Śrī Narahari were followers of Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita who had taken shelter of Gadādhara under the consideration that Śrī Gaurasundara was his only worshipable Lord. Some people call Śrīmān Mahāprabhu the life and soul of Nityānanda, and some people call Him the life and soul of Gadādhara.

Śrī Gaurasundara was also the Lord of both Śrī Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṇu, and Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, the incarnation of Nārada.

The Pañca-tattva has thus been described in this way. Śrī Gaurasundara is the form of a devotee, Śrī Nityānanda is the expansion of a devotee, Śrī Advaita is the incarnation of a devotee, Śrī Gadādhara is the energy of the Lord, and Śrīvāsa is the pure devotee—Śrī Gaura enjoys pastimes in these five features.