Verse 3.7.38

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.7.38:

“নাম-রূপে তুমি নিত্যানন্দ মূর্তিমন্ত শ্রী-বৈষ্ণব-ধাম তুমি—ঈশ্বর অনন্ত ॥ ৩৮ ॥

“नाम-रूपे तुमि नित्यानन्द मूर्तिमन्त श्री-वैष्णव-धाम तुमि—ईश्वर अनन्त ॥ ३८ ॥

“nāma-rūpe tumi nityānanda mūrtimanta śrī-vaiṣṇava-dhāma tumi—īśvara ananta || 38 ||

“nama-rupe tumi nityananda murtimanta sri-vaisnava-dhama tumi—isvara ananta (38)

English translation:

(38) “O Nityānanda, You are the personified form of the holy name and the form of eternal bliss. You are the abode of all the Vaiṣṇavas, and You Yourself are Lord Ananta.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is Ananta, the supreme controller, and the origin of all Vaiṣṇavas. He is the personification of His holy name and form.

Temporary mundane names and forms are subordinate objects.

In the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad (1.44) it is stated: paraṃ brahma kṛṣṇātmako nityānandaika-rūpaḥ—“He is the Supreme Brahman, He is the expansion of Kṛṣṇa, and He is the form of eternal bliss.” In the Nirālamba-śruti it is stated: nityānandam akhaṇḍaika-rasaṃ advitīyaṃ—“He is eternally blissful, He is the source of all relishable relationships, and He is one without a second.” In the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.2.1) it is stated: sa vedaitat paramaṃ brahma-dhāma yatra viśvaṃ nihitaṃ bhāti śubhram—“A learned transcendentalist knows Lord Ananta, the superintending Deity of the spiritual world and the personification of the sandhinīenergy, in whom both the material and spiritual worlds rest.”

In the Brahma-saṃhitā (5.2) it is stated:

sahasra-patra-kamalaṃ gokulākhyaṃ mahat padam tat-karṇikāraṃ tad-dhāma tad-anantāṃśa-sambhavam

“The superexcellent station of Kṛṣṇa, which is known as Gokula, has thousands of petals and a corolla like that of a lotus sprouted from a part of His infinitary aspect, the whorl of the leaves being the actual abode of Kṛṣṇa.”