I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda Prabhu; the root of the krsna-bhakti tree, who wandering around Bengal, approached the door of every home, and with upraised arms exclaimed, "O Brothers! Without inhibition all of you together, continuously chant sri-harinama. If you do so, I will take the responsibility to deliver you from the ocean of material existence."
Nityananda/Balaram expands Himself in many ways and serves Radha-Krishna in all rasas and in all circumstances, spiritual and material. One may pose the question, 'Who is more important, Nityananda or Gauranga?' One answer is that Gauranga is more important because attaining Gaura prema is our ultimate goal. Another answer is that they are equally important because even though their mood is different, they are one in tattva. But our conclusion is that Nityananda is more important for us because without His kripa (mercy) we cannot attain Gaura. He takes us to Gauranga, He teaches us how to serve Gauranga and without Him there is no Gauranga. In Gaura lila we are Nitai das, not Gaura das. We are dasadasanudas, servants of the servants of Gauranga and Nitai is Gauranga's topmost servant.
Similarly, one may pose the question as to who is more important, Guru or Vaisnava. We may say that Guru is more important or that they are equally important but our conclusion is that the Vaisnava is more important because he shows us who is Guru, he leads us to Sri Guru, and without his kripa we cannot attain the association and the shelter of Sri Guru. And who is Sri Guru? He is Nityananda prakash (direct manifestation of Nitai). Nityananda is adi Guru, the primeval Guru, the origin of Guru Tattva, the Guru of all Gurus. Without sadhu/Vaisnava kripa we cannot get Sri Guru, without Guru Kripa and Nitai kripa we cannot get Gauranga, without Gauranga kripa we cannot get Radharani kripa and without her kripa we cannot attain Vrajendra-nandana Krishna.
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