Verse 2.8.22

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.22:

নিত্যানন্দ সমর্পিলুঙামি তোমা’ স্থানে সর্ব-মতে সম্বরণ করিবা আপনে” ॥ ২২ ॥

नित्यानन्द समर्पिलुङामि तोमा’ स्थाने सर्व-मते सम्वरण करिबा आपने” ॥ २२ ॥

nityānanda samarpiluṅāmi tomā’ sthāne sarva-mate samvaraṇa karibā āpane” || 22 ||

nityananda samarpilunami toma’ sthane sarva-mate samvarana kariba apane” (22)

English translation:

(22) “I am offering Nityānanda to you. Please take care of Him in all respects.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“I am offering you Nityānanda, your worshipable Lord, so that you may constantly serve Him. You should constantly engage in His service in all respects. This is My blessing.” The reverential service of the Lord who is the predominating Deity of the sandhinī potency by the pure devotees headed by Śrīvāsa is particularly praiseworthy. In the pastimes of Śrī Gaurasundara, Śrīman Mahāprabhu, who is the combined form of Rādhā- Govinda, is served through five kinds of rasas. The sentiments of Rādhārāṇī are manifested among Śrī Gaurasundara’s energies, such as Śrī Gadādhara, Śrī Jagadānanda, and Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, as the ingredients of madhura-rasa-līlā, or conjugal pastimes, but to imagine conjugal pastimes in the audārya-līlā, or magnanimous pastimes, is the fault known as rasābhāsa, the overlapping of transcendental mellows.

The dāsya-rasa mixed with vātsalya in devotees such as Śrīvāsa is the prime example of pure devotional service. This is the most cherished object for the followers of Nityānanda. Worship of the Lord’s energies headed by Śrī Gadādhara is found among the followers of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī. The devotees of the Lord see associates like Kāśīśvara and Govinda as situated on the platform of spontaneous dāsya, Śrī Rāmānanda and Paramānanda as possessing the full manifestation of conjugal attachment covered by sākhya, and the abodes of Gauḍa- maṇḍala, Kṣetra-maṇḍala, and Vraja-maṇḍala as situated on the platform of śānta-rasa.