Text 17] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 265

TRANSLATION

Finally the Lord showed Nityananda Prabhu His two-armed form of Krsna, the
son of Maharaja Nanda, simply playing on His flute, His bluish body dressed in yel-
low garments.

PURPORT

Caitanya-mangaia vividly elaborates upon this description.

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fawstrwicacl CHM HAM ATA 0 SY I

tabe nitydnanda-gosGhira vydsa-piijana
nitydnandavese Raila musala dharana

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereafter; nityananda—of the name Nityananda; gosanira—of the Lord;
vydsa-piijana—worshiping Vyasadeva or the spiritual master; nityananda-avese—in the
ecstasy of becoming Nityananda; kaifa—did; musala dhdrana—carrying a plough-like
weapon called a musa/a.
TRANSLATION

Nityananda Prabhu then arranged to offer Vyasa-puja, or worship of the spiritual
master, to Lord Sri Gaurasundara. But Lord Caitanya carried the plough-like weapon
called musala in the ecstasy of being Nityananda Prabhu.

PURPORT

By the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu arranged for Vyasa-
pUja of the Lord on the night of the full moon. He arranged for the Vyasa-puija, or
guru-pija, through the agency of Vyasadeva. Since Vyasadeva is the original guru
(spiritual master) of all who follow the Vedic principles, worship of the spiritual
master is called Vyasa-pija. Nityananda Prabhu arranged for the Vyasa-paja, and
sankirtana was going on, but when He tried to put a garland on the shoulder of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He saw Himself in Lord Caitanya. There is no difference be-
tween the spiritual positions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu,
or Krsna and Balarama. All of them are but different manifestations of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. During this special ceremony, all the devotees of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that there is no difference between Lord
Caitanya and Nitydnanda Prabhu.

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