Verse 2.8.6

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.6:

নিত্যানন্দ রহিলেন শ্রীবাসের ঘরে নিরন্তর বাল্য-ভাব, আন নাহি স্ফুরে ॥ ৬ ॥

नित्यानन्द रहिलेन श्रीवासेर घरे निरन्तर बाल्य-भाव, आन नाहि स्फुरे ॥ ६ ॥

nityānanda rahilena śrīvāsera ghare nirantara bālya-bhāva, āna nāhi sphure || 6 ||

nityananda rahilena srivasera ghare nirantara balya-bhava, ana nahi sphure (6)

English translation:

(6) Nityānanda continued to reside in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita. He was constantly in the mood of a child and did not manifest any other mood.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu manifested the nature of a young child while residing in the house of Śrīvāsa. Mālinī, the wife of Śrīvāsa, fed Him like her own son in the mood of vātsalya. Therefore in order to know Śrīvāsa’s attachment for Nityānanda, Śrī Mahāprabhu said to him, “You should not associate much with Nityānanda, whose character and family background is unknown.” In answer to this, Śrīvāsa said, “I know Nityānanda is Your own body. There is no difference between the body and self of the Lord, and that is being proved by our service in vātsalya- rasa. There is no difference between service to You and service to Nityānanda. I am Your devotee, and I know that whoever is attached to Your service is also the worshipable Lord of my heart. It is not proper for You to test me in this way with contradictory statements.” [This purport applies to verses 6-14.]