256 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila, Ch. 11
PURPORT
Narottama dasa Thakura, honoring the personal associates of Lord Sti Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, has sung as follows (Prarthana 13):
gaurangera sangi-gane nitya-siddha kari’ mane
se yaya vrajendra-suta-pasa
One who is intelligent understands that all the personal associates and devotees
of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are ever liberated. This means that they do not
belong to this material world because they are always engaged in the devotional
service of the Lord. One who is engaged in the Lord’s devotional service twenty-
four hours daily and never forgets the Lord is called nitya-siddha. Srila Ripa
Gosvami also confirms this statement:
iha yasya harer dasye
karmana manasa gird
nikhilasv apy avasthasu
jivan-muktah sa ucyate
“A person acting in the service of Krsna with body, mind, intelligence and words is
a liberated person even within the material world, although he may be engaged in
many so-called material activites.” (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, 1.2.187)

A devotee is always thinking of how better to serve Lord Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and how to broadcast His name, fame and qualities
throughout the world. One who is nitya-siddha has no business other than broad-
casting the glories of the Lord all over the world according to his ability. Such
people are already associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore Narottama
dasa Thakura says, nitya-siddha kari’ mane. One should not think that because Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu was personally present five hundred years ago, only His
associates were liberated. Rather, Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says that anyone
is a nitya-siddha if he acts on behalf of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by spreading the
glories of the holy name of the Lord. We should respect those devotees preaching
the glories of the Lord as nitya-siddha and should not consider them conditioned.

mam ca yo ‘vyabhicaérena
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa gunan samatityaitan
brahma-bhuydaya kalpate
(Bg. 14.26)
One who has transcended the material modes of nature is supposed to be on the
Brahman platform. That is also the platform of nitya-siddha. The nitya-siddha not
