### CC Adi 5.149

> নিত্যানন্দ-স্বরূপ পূর্বে হইয়া লক্ষ্মণ ।\
> লঘুভ্রাতা হৈয়া করে রামের সেবন ॥১৪৯॥

> nityānanda-svarūpa pūrve ha-iyā lakṣmaṇa\
> laghu-bhrātā haiyā kare rāmera sevana

*nityānanda-svarūpa*—Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa; *pūrve*—formerly; *ha-iyā*—becoming; *lakṣmaṇa*—Lakṣmaṇa, Lord Rāmacandra's younger brother; *laghu-bhrātā haiyā*—becoming the younger brother; *kare*—does; *rāmera sevana*—service to Lord Rāmacandra.

**Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa formerly appeared as Lakṣmaṇa and served Lord Rāmacandra as His younger brother.**

Among the *sannyāsīs* of the Śaṅkara-sampradāya there are different names for *brahmacārīs.* Each *sannyāsī* has some assistants, known as *brahmacārīs,* who are called by different names according to the names of the *sannyāsī.* Among such *brahmacārīs* there are four names: Svarūpa, Ānanda, Prakāśa and Caitanya. Nityānanda Prabhu maintained Himself as a *brahmacārī;* He never took *sannyāsa.* As a *brahmacārī* His name was Nityānanda Svarūpa, and therefore the *sannyāsī* under whom He was living must have been from the *tīrthas* or *āśramas.*because the assistant *brahmacārī* of such a *sannyāsī* is called Nityānanda Svarūpa.