Verse 1.9.188

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.188:

মাধবেন্দ্র-প্রতি নিত্যানন্দ মহাশয গুরু-বুদ্ধি ব্যতিরিক্ত আর না করয ॥ ১৮৮ ॥

माधवेन्द्र-प्रति नित्यानन्द महाशय गुरु-बुद्धि व्यतिरिक्त आर ना करय ॥ १८८ ॥

mādhavendra-prati nityānanda mahāśaya guru-buddhi vyatirikta āra nā karaya || 188 ||

madhavendra-prati nityananda mahasaya guru-buddhi vyatirikta ara na karaya (188)

English translation:

(188) Nityānanda considered Mādhavendra to be His guru and nothing less.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Some people say that according to the accepted and listed disciplic succession of the Brahma-Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was a disciple of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī, and some people say that He was a disciple of Śrī Lakṣmīpati Tīrtha, which means that He was a Godbrother of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī. (An ancient verse quoted in the Fifth Wave of the Bhakti-ratnākara states:

nityānanda prabhuṃ vande śrīmal-lakṣmīpati-priyam mādhva-sampradāyānanda- varddhanaṃ bhakta-vatsalam

“I worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, who is very dear to Śrī Lakṣmīpati. He increased the happiness of the Mādhva-sampradāya and was always affectionate to the devotees.”) The consideration of Godbrotherhood is not separate from the consideration of Guru for the same reason that even

though there is a difference between a historical incident and the description of that incident, both point to the same thing. The bogus guru sampradāya that follows the smārtas does not maintain a cordial relationship with the pure Vaiṣṇavas but have learned to illegitimately protect their selfish pride.