Maṅgalācaraṇa (Auspicious invocation) –

jaya jaya śrī-caitanya śacīra-nandana
jaya jaya nityānanda jāhnavā-jīvana (1)

All glories, all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of Mother Śacī! All glories, all glories to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the life of Śrī Jāhnavā! (1)

jaya jaya navadvīpa sarva-dhāma-sāra
yathā kali-yuge haila gaura-avātara (2)

All glories, all glories to Śrī Navadvīpadhāma, the essence of all other holy abodes! Śrī Gaurahari descended here in Kali-yuga. (2)

(Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s description of Navadvīpa-dhāma –)

nityānanda-prabhu bale, śunaha vacana
ṣola-krośa navadvīpa yathā vṛndāvana (3)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu told Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, “This Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma, which extends over sixteen kosas (approximately thirty-two miles), is certainly non-different from Śrī Vṛndāvana. (3)

(Śrī Navadvīpa is compared to an eight-petalled lotus –)

ei ṣola-krośa-madhye dvīpa haya naya
aṣṭa-dala padma jena jalete bhāsaya (4)

aṣṭa-dala aṣṭa-dvīpa, madhye antardvīpa
tāra mājhe māyāpura madhya-bindu-ṭīpa (5)

“In this sixteen kosas there are nine dvīpas, or islands. Just like an eight-petalled lotus flower floats on the water, this Navadvīpa is also like a lotus flower with eight petals which are the eight islands. Antardvīpa is in the middle, and like a dot at the very centre of this Antardvīpa lies Māyāpura. (4–5)

Description of Śrī Dhāma Māyāpura

māyāpura-yogapīṭha sadā golākāra
tathā nitya caitanyera vividha vihāra (6)

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eternally performs various kinds of pastimes in the spherical form of Māyāpura-Yogapīṭha. (6)

tri-sahasra dhanu tāra paridhi pramāṇa
sahasreka-dhanu tāra vyāsera vidhāna (7)

“The diameter of Māyāpura-Yogapīṭha is one thousand dhanuṣa (two thousand metres) and the circumference is three thousand dhanuṣa (six thousand metres). (7)

Yogapītḥa – the most glorious of all places –

ei yogapītḥa-mājhe baise pañca-tattva
anya sthāna haite yogapīṭhera mahattva (8)

“Even though there are several places situated within Śrī Dhāma Navadvīpa, this Yogapīṭha is the most glorious of them all because the Pañcatattva – Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Advaita Ācārya, Śrī Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa – are splendidly situated there. (8)

ati śīghra gupta ha’be prabhura icchāya
bhāgīrathī-jale ha’be saṅgopita prāya (9)

“Very soon, by the desire of Mahāprabhu, this place will, by itself, become hidden by the water of the Bhāgīrathī. (9)

kabhu punaḥ prabhu-icchā ha’be balavān
prakāśa haibe dhāma ha’be dīptimān (10)

“When, some time later, Mahāprabhu’s desire [to manifest the dhāma] again becomes strong, this radiant dhāma will be revealed. (10)

The eternal abode is never lost –

nitya-dhāma kabhu kāle lopa nāhi haya
gupta ha’ye punarvāra haya ta’ udaya (11)

“The eternal dhāma can never be lost by time; rather, sometimes it remains in a hidden form and sometimes it is manifest. (11)

bhāgīrathī pūrva-tīre haya māyāpura
māyāpure nitya āchena āmāra ṭhākura (12)

“My Lord is eternally residing in Māyāpura, which is situated on the eastern bank of Bhāgīrathī-Gaṅgā. (12)

As Śrī Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana to go elsewhere, similarly Śrīman Mahāprabhu never leaves Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma –

loka-dṛṣṭye sannyāsī haiyā viśvambhara
chāḍi’ navadvīpa phire deśa-deśāntara (13)

vastutaḥ gaurāṅga mora navadvīpa-dhāma
chāḍiyā nā jāya kabhu māyāpura-grāma (14)

“Although from a mundane point of view Viśvambhara (Mahāprabhu) takes sannyāsa and leaves Navadvīpa to wander through many different places, nevertheless, My Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu never leaves the village of Māyāpura in Navadvīpa-dhāma to go elsewhere. (13–14)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s blessing to Śrī Jīva –

dainandina-līlā tāṅra dekhe bhakta-gaṇa
tumio dekhaha jīva gaurāṅga-nartana (15)

“The devotees still behold Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s daily pastimes (aṣṭa-kālīya-līlā). O Jīva, in time to come you will also behold Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s dancing. (15)

māyāpura ante antardvīpa śobhā pāya
gaurāṅga-darśana brahmā pāila yathāya (16)

“Surrounding Māyāpura in all directions is the radiant Antardvīpa, where Brahmā obtained Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s darśana. (16)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s advice to Śrī Jīva to perform parikramā –

ohe jīva cāha yadi dekhite sakala
parikramā kara tumi haibe saphala (17)

“O Jīva [Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī], if you want to see all these places, then perform parikramā. In that way, all your desires [in other words, the desire to behold all the pastime places of Śrī Navadvīpadhāma] will be fulfilled.” (17)

Śrī Jīva’s humble prayer at Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s lotus feet –

prabhu-vākya śuni’ jīva sajala-nayane
daṇḍavat ha’ye paḍe prabhura caraṇe (18)

Hearing Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s words, Śrī Jīva, with tear-filled eyes, offered his prostrated obeisances at the Lord’s lotus feet and said, (18)

Desire to perform parikramā in the company of loving devotees –

kṛpā yadi kara prabhu ei akiṣcane
saṅge la’ye parikramā karāo āpane (19)

“O Lord, please bestow mercy upon this insignificant soul, and personally take me on parikramā.” (19)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, completely free from any pride, agreed to take Śrī Jīva –

jīvera prārthanā śuni’ nityānanda-rāya
‘tathāstu’ baliyā nija mānasa jānāya (20)

Hearing Śrī Jīva’s prayers, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu answered, “So be it,” and revealed His mind. (20)

The First Day: Darśana of Māyāpura

prabhu bale,—“ohe ‘jīva’, adya māyāpura
karaha darśana, kalya bhramiba pracura” (21)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu said, “O Jīva, today you will take darśana of Māyāpura, and tomorrow I will take you to many other places.” (21)

eta bali’ nityānanda uṭhila takhana
pāche-pāche uṭhe jīva praphullita mana (22)

Saying this, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu stood up and the joyful Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī followed Him. (22)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu intoxicated with gaura-rasa –

cale nityānanda-rāya manda-manda gati
gaurāṅga-premete deha suvihvala ati (23)

mohana-mūrati prabhu bhāve ḍhalaḍhala
alaṅkāra sarva-dehe kare jhalamala (24)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, overwhelmed in devotional ecstasy, walked slowly, and His divine body was intoxicated with prema for Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. The Lord’s enchanting form was swaying with transcendental emotions, and the ornaments that adorned His entire body were coruscating radiantly. (23–24)

je-caraṇa brahmā-śiva dhyāne nāhi pāya
śrī-jīve kariyā kṛpā se-pada bāḍāya (25)

Even in their meditation, Brahmā, Śiva and others cannot obtain those lotus feet, which are now walking ahead of Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, bestowing mercy upon him. (25)

pāche thāki’ jīva laya padāṅkera dhūli
sarva-aṅge mākhe’ cale baḍa kutūhalī (26)

Following behind Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Jīva smeared the dust from the Lord’s feet all over his body and walked on in delight. (26)

Yogapīṭha

jagannātha-miśra-gṛhe karila praveśa
śacīmātā śrī-caraṇe jānāya viśeṣa (27)

śunago jananī ei ‘jīva’ mahāmati
śrī-gaurāṅga-priya-dāsa bhāgyavān ati (28)

They entered Śrī Jagannātha Miśra’s house, and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu made a submission at Śrī Śacīmātā’s lotus feet: “O Mother, this supremely intelligent Jīva, who is a dear servant of Śrī Gaurāṅga, is very fortunate.” (27–28)

balite-balite ‘jīva’ āchāḍiyā paḍe
chinna-mūla taru jena baḍa baḍa jhaḍe (29)

Upon hearing these words of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Jīva fainted, falling to the ground like a tree uprooted by a great storm. (29)

śacīra caraṇe paḍi’ jāya gaḍāgaḍi
sāttvika-vikāra dehe kare huḍāhuḍi (30)

Śrī Jīva fell at Śrī Śacīmātā’s feet and rolled on the ground. Various ecstatic symptoms manifested in his body in competition with each other. (30)

Śrī Śacī-devī’s blessing to Śrī Jīva –

kṛpā kari’ śacī-devī kaila āśīrvāda
sei dina sei gṛhe pāila prasāda (31)

Mother Śacī mercifully blessed Śrī Jīva. That day they all took prasāda in that very house. (31)

Śrī Viṣṇupriyā-devī’s cooking –

viṣṇupriyā śacī-devī-ājñā jabe pāila
nānā anna-vyañjanādi randhana karila (32)

Śrī Viṣṇupriyā-devī prepared rice, vegetables and many other kinds of dishes on the order of Mother Śacī. (32)

Śrī Vaṁśīvadanānanda Prabhu’s offering of the foodstuffs to Śrīman Mahāprabhu –

śrī-vaṁśīvadanānanda prabhu katakṣaṇe
śrī-gaurāṅge bhoga nivedila sayatane (33)

After some time, Śrī Vaṁśīvadanānanda Prabhu offered the preparations with great attention to Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. (33)

Śrī Īśāna Ṭhākura offers prasāda to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu –

īśāna ṭhākura sthāna kari’ ataḥpara
nityānande bhuñjāila hariṣa antara (34)

Īśāna Ṭhākura arranged a sitting-place, and with an extremely joyful heart served prasāda to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. (34)

Mother Śacī’s words to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu –

putra-snehe śacī-devī nityānande bale
khāo bāchā nityānanda jananīra sthale (35)

Filled with motherly affection, Śrī Śacī-devī told Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, “Finally, my son, You are at Your mother’s house. Now eat with great joy. (35)

ei āmi gauracandre bhuñjānu gopane
tumi khāile baḍa sukhi hai āmi mane (36)

“I have secretly offered this prasāda to Gauracandra, so if You also  affectionately accept it, I will become most happy at heart.” (36)

Śrī Jīva accepts Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s remnants –

jananīra vākye prabhu nityānanda-rāya
bhuñjila ānande, jīva avaśiṣṭa pāya (37)

Hearing the words of Mother Śacī, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu blissfully accepted the prasāda, and Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī received His remnants. (37)

Śrī Jīva’s humble statement –

jīva bale,—“dhanya āmi mahāprabhu-ghare
pāinu prasāda-anna ei māyāpure” (38)

Śrī Jīva said, “I am blessed, having taken prasāda today at Mahāprabhu’s house in Māyāpura.” (38)

Leaving from Yogapīṭha –

bhojana kariyā tabe nityānanda-rāya
śacī-devī-śrī-caraṇe haiyā vidāya (39)

After eating, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu paid His obeisances at Mother Śacī’s feet and begged her permission to leave. (39)

jāivāra kāle saṅge vaṁśīke laila
śrī-jīva vaṁśīra pade praṇati karila (40)

As Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was leaving, He took Vaṁśīvadanānanda with Him. Śrī Jīva offered obeisances at the feet of Śrī Vaṁśīvadanānanda Prabhu. (40)

Śrī Vaṁśīvadanānanda’s identity –

‘jīva’-prati bale prabhu,—“e vaṁśīvadana
śrī-kṛṣṇera priya vaṁśī, jāne bhakta-jana (41)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu said, “Jīva, all devotees know this Vaṁśīvadanānanda to be an incarnation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s dear flute. (41)

ihāra kṛpāya jīva haya kṛṣṇākṛṣta
mahā-rāsa labhe sabe haiyā satṛṣṇa (42)

“By his mercy, the jīvas become attracted to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and become eager to enter mahā-rāsa. (42)

Darśana of other places outside the Yogapīṭha –

dekha jīva, ei gṛhe caitanya-ṭhākura
āmā sabā’ la’ye līlā karila pracura (43)

“Look, Jīva, in this house Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed many pastimes with all of us. (43)

ei dekha jagannātha-miśrera mandira
viṣṇu-pūja nitya yathā karitena dhīra (44)

“Look here, this is Jagannātha Miśra’s temple. Daily, in a steadfast manner, he would sit here to worship Lord Viṣṇu. (44)

ei gṛhe karitena atithi-sevana
tulasī-maṇḍapa ei karaha darśana (45)

“Just see this house where he used to serve guests. Also take darśana of this platform where he worshipped tulasī. (45)

śrī-gaurāṅga-candra gṛhe chila jata-kāla
pitāra ācāra pālitena bhakta-pāla (46)

“As long as Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, the maintainer of the devotees, remained at home, He used to follow the behaviour shown by His father. (46)

ebe saba vaṁśī-ṭhākurera tattvādhīne
īśāna nirvāha kare prati dine-dine (47)

“Now Īśāna Ṭhākura performs all these duties, under the guidance of Śrī Vaṁśīvadanānanda Prabhu. (47)

ei sthāne chila eka nimba-vṛkṣa-vara
prabhura paraśe vṛkṣa haila agocara” (48)

“At this place there was a great neem tree, which disappeared by Mahāprabhu’s touch.” (48)

jata kāṅde nityānanda kariyā varṇana
jīva, vaṁśī duṅhe tata karena krandana (49)

When Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu described these places He was crying; in the same way, Śrī Jīva and Śrī Vaṁśīvadanānanda were also crying. (49)

Śrīvāsa-aṅgana

dekhite-dekhite tathā āila śrīvāsa
cāri-jane cale chāḍi’ jagannātha-vāsa (50)

śata-dhanu uttarete śrīvāsa-aṅgana
jīve dekhāila prabhu ānandita mana (51)

Meanwhile, Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita arrived there, and together the four of them left Jagannātha Miśra’s house and walked towards Śrīvāsa-aṅgana. Śrīvāsa-aṅgana is situated one hundred dhanu (two hundred metres) north of the Yogapītḥa. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu blissfully showed Śrīvāsa-aṅgana to Śrī Jīva. (50–51)

Śrī Jīva’s restlessness at Śrīvāsa-aṅgana –

śrīvāsa-aṅgane jīva jāya gaḍāgaḍi
smariyā prabhura līlā preme huḍāhuḍi (52)

Śrī Jīva began to roll in the dust of Śrīvāsa-aṅgana, and the remembrance of Mahāprabhu’s many pastimes came all at once. Jīva became so moved by prema that the symptoms of prema in his body appeared to compete with each other. (52)

Śrī Jīva’s momentary vision of Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and His associates –

śrī-jīva uṭhivā-mātra dekhe eka-raṅga
nāciche gaurāṅga la’ye bhakta-antaraṅga (53)

Then, just as Śrī Jīva was getting up from the ground, he saw an astonishing sight – Śrīman Mahāprabhu was dancing with His intimate devotees. (53)

mahā-saṅkīrtana dekhe vallabha-nandana
sarva-bhakta-mājhe prabhura apūrva nartana (54)

Vallabha-nandana [Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, the son of Śrī Vallabha] beheld that mahā-saṅkīrtana and the extraordinary dancing of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, who was radiantly situated in the midst of all the devotees. (54)

nāciche advaita, prabhu nityānanda-rāya
gadādhara, haridāsa nāce āra gāya (55)

śuklāmbara nāce āra śata-śata jana
dekhiyā premete jīva haila acetana (56)

Śrī Advaita Ācārya and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu were dancing, and Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita and Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura were dancing and also singing. Śrī Śuklāmbara and hundreds of other devotees were dancing. Seeing all this, Śrī Jīva was overwhelmed by prema and fell unconscious. (55–56)

Śrī Jīva’s lamentation in separation from Mahāprabhu –

cetana pāile āra se raṅga nā pāya
kāṅdi’ jīva-gosvāmī kare hāya hāya (57)

kena mora kichu pūrve janama nahila
emana kīrtanānanda bhāgye nā ghaṭila (58)

[When the vision of the pastime disappeared,] Śrī Jīva returned to consciousness. Now nothing was pleasing to him. He continuously wept and said, “Alas, alas, why did I not take birth earlier!? Alas, alas, it is not my fortune to obtain the bliss of Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s saṅkīrtana in the group of His intimate devotees! (57–58)

prabhu nityānanda-kṛpā asīma ananta
sei bale kṣaṇa-kāla hainu bhāgyavanta (59)

“Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s mercy is boundless and unlimited. Today, through the strength of His mercy, I became fortunate to have a momentary darśana of this pastime. (59)

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī’s desire –

icchā haya māyāpure thāki cirakāla
ghucibe sampūrṇa-rūpe māyāra jaṣjāla (60)

“My desire is that I may reside in this Māyāpura forever, because if so, my entanglement in the illusory energy (māyā) will be removed completely. (60)

dāsera vāsanā haite prabhu-ājṣā baḍa
māyāpura chāḍite antara dhaḍa-phaḍa (61)

“Even the thought of leaving Māyāpura is making my heart palpitate; nevertheless, the master’s order is more powerful than the servant’s desire.” (61)

Śrī Advaita-bhavana

tathā haite nityānanda jīve la’ye jāya
daśa-dhanu uttarete advaita-gṛha pāya (62)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu then took Śrī Jīva to Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s house (Advaita-bhavana), which is situated ten dhanu (twenty metres) north of Śrīvāsa-aṅgana. (62)

prabhu bale,—“dekha jīva, sītānāthālaya
hethā vaiṣṇavera goṣṭhī sadāya milaya (63)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu said, “Jīva, see the residence of Sītānātha (Śrī Advaita). Here the Vaiṣṇavas are always meeting. (63)

hethā sītānātha kaila kṛṣṇera pūjana
huṅkāre ānila mora śrī-gaurāṅga-dhana” (64)

“Sītānātha used to sit here and worship Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. By loudly calling out to Him, Sītānātha brought My only treasure, Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, to this Earth.” (64)

Śrī Gadādhara-bhavana

tathā gaḍāgaḍi diyā cale cāri-jana
pañca-dhanu pūrve gadādharera bhavana (65)

After rolling in the dust of that place, the four of them went to Śrī Gadādhara-bhavana (the house of Śrī Gadādhara), which was five dhanu (ten metres) east of Advaita-bhavana. (65)

tathā haite dekhāila nityānanda-rāya
sarva pāriṣada-gṛha yathāya tathāya (66)

From there, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu showed Śrī Jīva the residences of all Mahāprabhu’s other associates. (66)

Wandering along the bank of the Gaṅgā –

brāhmaṇa-maṇḍalī-gṛha kariyā darśana
tabe cale gaṅgā-tīre harṣe cāri-jana (67)

After visiting the houses of the brāhmaṇas, those four personalities blissfully proceeded towards the bank of the Gaṅgā. (67)

Kṣetrapāla Vṛddha-Śiva

māyāpura-sīmāśeṣe vṛddha-śivālaya
jāhnavīra taṭe dekhe ‘jīva’ mahāśaya (68)

Śrī Jīva then had darśana of the temple of Vṛddha-Śiva situated on the bank of the Gaṅgā on the border of Māyāpura. (68)

prabhu bale,—māyāpure ini kṣetra-pāla
prauḍhāmāyā-śakti adhiṣṭhāna nityakāla (69)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu said, “O Jīva, this Vṛddha-Śiva is the area-protector (kṣetrapāla) of Māyāpura. This is where prauḍhāmāyā-śakti (Yogamāyā) eternally resides. (69)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s prophecy –

prabhu jabe aprakaṭa haibe takhana
tāṅhāra icchāya gaṅgā haibe varddhana (70)

māyāpura prāya gaṅgā ācchādibe jale
śata-varṣa rākhi’ punaḥ chāḍibena bale (71)

“After Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s disappearance, the Gaṅgā will rise by His desire and cover almost all of Māyāpura with her waters. One hundred years after that, she will again manifest Māyāpura. (70–71)

sthāna-mātra jāgibeka gṛha nā rahibe
vāsa-hīna ha’ye katakāla sthita ha’be (72)

“At that time, only the land of Māyāpura will manifest; no houses will remain. Thus that place will remain uninhabited for a long time. (72)

punaḥ kabhu prabhu-icchā ha’le balavān
ha’be māyāpure eirūpa vāsa-sthāna (73)

“Again, when Śrīman Mahāprabhu strongly desires, people will reside in Māyāpura as before. (73)

ei saba ghāṭa gaṅgā-tīre punaḥ ha’be
prabhura mandira karibena bhakta sabe (74)

“All these ghāṭas will again be manifest on the bank of the Gaṅgā, and many devotees will come together to construct a huge temple for Śrīman Mahāprabhu. (74)

adbhuta mandira eka haibe prakāśa
gaurāṅgera nitya-sevā haibe vikāśa (75)

“One amazing temple will manifest here, wherein the daily worship of Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu will constantly increase. (75)

prauḍhāmāyā vṛddha-śiva āsi’ punarāya
nija kārya sādhibeka prabhura icchāya (76)

“Prauḍhāmāyā (Yogamāyā) and Vṛddha-Śiva will return here and again serve the dhāma according to Mahāprabhu’s wish.” (76)

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī’s glorification of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu –

eta śuni’ jīva tabe kara-joḍa kari’
prabhure jijñāse vārttā pada-yuga dhari’ (77)

ohe prabhu, tumi śeṣa-tattvera nidāna
dhāma-rūpa nāma-tattva tomāri vidhāna (78)

Hearing this, Śrī Jīva took hold of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s lotus feet with both his hands and said, “O Prabhu, You are the cause of the manifestation of Anantadeva Śeṣa [Your plenary portion]. You expand Yourself as the holy abode (dhāma) and the holy name (nāma), and You are the shelter of the Supreme Lord’s many forms [incarnations]. (77–78)

yadio prabhura icchāmate karmakara
tabu jīva-guru tumi sarva-śakti-dhara (79)

“Although You perform Your activities according to Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s desire, nevertheless, You are the spiritual master of all living entities, and all potencies (śaktis) rest upon You. (79)

An atheistic person’s identity –

gaurāṅge tomāte bheda jei jana kare
pāṣaṇḍī-madhyete tā’re vijña-jane dhare (80)

“That person who differentiates between You and Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu is called a pāṣaṇḍī, or heretic, by the wise. (80)

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī’s doubt –

sarvajña puruṣa tumi līlā-avatāra
saṁśaya jāgila eka hṛdaye āmāra (81)

je-samaye gaṅgā lukāibe māyāpura
kothā jābe śiva-śakti balaha ṭhākura (82)

“You are omniscient, and have descended to perform pastimes. Yet there is a doubt in my heart: When the Gaṅgā covers Māyāpura, where will Śiva (Vṛddha-Śiva) and his energy (Prauḍhāmāyā) go? O Lord, please explain this to me.” (81–82)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s answer –

nityānanda bale ‘jīva’, śunaha vacana
gaṅgāra paścima bhūmi karaha darśana (83)

ai ucca caḍā dekha pāraḍāṅgā nāma
tathā āche vipra-maṇḍalīra eka grāma (84)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu answered, “O Jīva, listen to My words. On the high land that can be seen on the Gaṅgā’s western bank, there is a hillock named Pāraḍāṅgā and there is a village of brāhmaṇas on it. (83–84)

tāhāra uttare āche jāhnavī pulina
chinnaḍeṅgā bali’ tā’re jānena pravīṇa (85)

“North of that is the bank of the river Jāhnavī. Learned persons call this place Chinnaḍeṅgā. (85)

ei ta’ puline eka nagara basibe
tathā śiva-śakti kichu divasa rahibe (86)

“A town will be founded on this bank, and Śiva and his śakti will reside there for some time. (86)

Rāsa-sthalī in Navadvīpa –

o pulina-māhātmya ke kahibāre pāre
rāsa-sthalī āche yathā jāhnavīra dhāre (87)

“Who is able to describe the glory of this bank? The place of rāsa (rāsa-sthalī) is splendidly situated here on the Jāhnavī’s (Gaṅgā’s) bank. (87)

bālumaya bhūmi vaṭe carma-cakṣe bhāya
ratnamaya nitya-dhāma divya-līlā tāya (88)

“Although, to material eyes, it appears to be an ordinary sandy place, in reality it is the eternal dhāma made of jewels, where transcendental pastimes are always taking place. (88)

Māyāpura is Gokula Mahāvana and Pāraḍāṅgā is Chaṭīkarā –

māyāpura haya śrī-gokula-mahāvana
pāraḍāṅgā saṭṭīkāra svarūpa gaṇana (89)

“Māyāpura is Śrī Gokula Mahāvana and Pāraḍāṅgā is said to be Saṭṭīkāra (Chaṭīkarā). (89)

tathā āche vṛndāvana śrī-rāsa-maṇḍala
kāle ai sthāne ha’be gāna kolāhala (90)

“Here is the rāsa-maṇḍala of Vṛndāvana. In the future, loud saṅkīrtana will take place here. (90)

māyāpura śrī-pulina madhye bhāgīrathī
saba la’ye gaura-dhāma jāna mahāmati (91)

“Between Māyāpura and Śrī Pulina flows the river Bhāgīrathī. O greatly learned one, understand that all these places are within Gauradhāma. (91)

pañca-krośa dhāma jebā karibe bhramaṇa
māyāpura-śrī-pulina karibe darśana (92)

“Any person who performs parikramā of this dhāma, which measures five kosas, attains the darśana of Māyāpura and Śrī Pulina. (92)

The result of performing the five kosas parikramā of Śrī Antardvīpa on Phālguna-pūrṇimā –

phālguna-pūrṇimā dine je kare bhramaṇa
pañca-krośa bhakta-saha pāya nitya-dhana (93)

“That person who on the day of Phālgunapūrṇimā [Gaura-pūrṇimā] circumambulates these five kosas along with devotees will receive the eternal treasure, kṛṣṇa-prema. (93)

The deity of Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu worshipped by Śrī Viṣṇupriyā-devī –

ohe jīva, gūḍha kathā śunaha āmāra
śrī-gaurāṅga-mūrti śobhe śrī-viṣṇupriyāra (94)

ai kāle miśra-vaṁśodbhava vipra-gaṇa
saṭṭīkāra dhāme labe śrī-mūrti-ratana (95)

“O Jīva, listen to a confidential topic of Mine. Śrī Viṣṇupriyā-devī worships a deity of Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. [In the future,] brāhmaṇas descending from the family of Śrī Jagannātha Miśra will take this deity to Saṭṭīkāra [Chaṭīkarā]. (94–95)

cāri-śata varṣa gaura-janma-dina dhari’
haile śrī-mūrti-sevā habe sarvopari (96)

“When, after the appearance of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, four-hundred years have passed, this deity will be worshiped at the highest standard. (96)

ei saba kathā ebe rākha aprakāśa
parikramā kara dhari antare ullāsa (97)

“Keep all of these topics hidden for now, and blissfully perform parikramā. (97)

Mahāprabhu-ghāṭa

vṛddha-śiva-ghāṭa haite tri-dhanu uttara
gaurāṅgera nija-ghāṭa dekha vijṣa-vara (98)

“O best of the learned, see there is Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s ghāṭa, three dhanuṣa (six metres) north of Vṛddha-Śiva-ghāṭa. (98)

ei sthāne bālya-līlā-chale gaurahari
bhāgīrathī kriḍā karilena citta bhari’ (99)

“Here Śrī Gaurahari, on the pretence of performing childhood pastimes, played in the Gaṅgā to His heart’s content. (99)

Description of Śrī Gaṅgā’s austerity –

yamunāra bhāgya dekhi’ himādri-nandinī
bahu tapa kaila haite līlāra saṅginī (100)

“Seeing the Yamunā’s fortune [of beholding Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes] Himādri-nandinī (Gaṅgā) performed severe austerities to take part in Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s pastimes. (100)

kṛṣṇa kṛpā kari’ bale diyā daraśana
gaura-rūpe tava jale kariba krīḍana (101)

“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa bestowed His mercy upon her [Gaṅgā-devī] and gave her His darśana. He said, ‘As Śrī Gaurasundara, I will sport in your waters.’ (101)

sei līlā kaila hethā tribhuvana-rāya
bhāgyavān jīva dekhi’ baḍa sukha pāya (102)

“The Lord of the three worlds, Śrīman Mahāprabhu performed pastimes here [to fulfill Gaṅgā’s desire]. Fortunate living entities receive much happiness seeing those pastimes. (102)

Mādhāī-ghāṭa

pañca-daśa-dhanu jei ghāṭa tad-uttare
madhāiyera ghāṭa bali’ vyakta carācare (103)

“Everyone calls the ghāṭa that is situated fifteen dhanuṣa (thirty metres) north, Mādhāīghāṭa. (103)

Bārakoṇā-ghāṭa

tā’ra pāṅca-dhanura uttare ghāṭa-śobhā
nagarīyā janera sarvadā manolobhā (104)

‘bārakoṇā’ ghāṭa ei atīva sundara
viśvakarmā nirmilena prabhu-ājñā-dhara (105)

“Five dhanuṣa (ten metres) north of Mādhāīghāṭa is the most beautiful Bārakoṇā-ghāṭa. This ghāṭa attract the minds of all persons in the town and is also called Nagarīyā-ghāṭa. Viśvakarmā constructed this ghāṭa on the order of Śrīman Mahāprabhu. (104–105)

Pañca Śivālaya-ghāṭa

ei ghāṭe dekha, ‘jīva’ pañca śivālaya
pañca-tīrtha liṅga pañca sadā jyotirmaya (106)

“O Jīva, see here, at this ghāṭa are five Śiva temples where five gleaming śiva-liṅgas are splendidly situated. (106)

Bathing at these ghāṭas removes all miseries –

ei cāri ghāṭa māyāpura śobhā kare
yathāya karile snāna sarva-duḥkha hare (107)

“The four afore-mentioned ghāṭas enhance the splendour of Māyāpura. By bathing at these ghāṭas, all miseries are removed. (107)

Antardvīpa –

māyāpura-pūrvadike āche jei sthāna
antardvīpa bali’ tā’ra nāma vidyamāna (108)

“The area east of Māyāpura is known by everyone as Antardvīpa. (108)

ebe prabhu-icchāmate loka-vāsa-hīna
eirūpa sthiti rahe āro kata dina (109)

“Now, according to Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s supreme will, no one is residing at this place, and it will remain uninhabited like this for many more days. (109)

katakāle punaḥ hethā loka-vāsa ha’be
prakāśa haibe sthāna nadīyā gaurave (110)

“By the influence of time, people will again reside here, and this place will manifest as the glory of Nadiyā. (110)

ohe ‘jīva’, adya tumi raha māyāpure
kalya la’ye jā’ba āmi sīmanta-nagare (111)

“Jīva, today you should stay here in Māyāpura, and tomorrow I will take you to Sīmanta-nagara [Sīmantadvīpa].” (111)

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī’s Doubt

eta śuni’ ‘jīva’ tabe balena vacana
saṁśaya uṭhila eka karaha śravaṇa (112)

Hearing this Śrī Jīva said, “Prabhu, a doubt has arisen in my mind. Please listen. (112)

jabe gaṅgā-devī māyāpura ācchādana
uṭhāiyā laibena, nā rabe gopana (113)

sei-kāle bhakta-gaṇa kon cihna-dhari’
prakāśibe gupta-sthāna, bala vyakta kari’ (114)

“When Gaṅgā-devī again uncovers Māyāpura, what signs will enable the devotees to clearly determine the hidden location of Yogapīṭha? Please describe this in detail.” (113–114)

‘jīvera’ vacana śuni’ nityānanda-rāya
balilā uttara tabe amṛtera prāya (115)

Upon hearing the words of Śrī Jīva, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu responded with words that were just like nectar. (115)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s Answer

śuna ‘jīva’ gaṅgā jabe ācchādibe sthāna
māyāpura eka koṇa ra’be vidyamān (116)

“Listen O Jīva, when Gaṅgā covers Māyāpura, one corner of it will remain intact. (116)

tathāya yavana-vāsa haibe pracura
tathāpi rahibe tāra nāma māyāpura (117)

“Although many yavanas will reside here, this place will still be named Māyāpura. (117)

avaśiṣṭa sthānera paścima-dakṣiṇete
pañca-śata dhanu pāre pāibe dekhite (118)

kichu ucca sthāna sadā tṛṇa āvaraṇa
sei sthāna jagannātha-miśrera bhavana (119)

“Five hundred dhanuṣa (one thousand metres) southwest of the part that remains intact, a raised area will be seen that is always covered with grass. That very place is the residence of Jagannātha Miśra. (118–119)

tathā haite pañca-dhanu vṛddha-śivālaya
ei parimāṇa dhari’ karibe nirṇaya (120)

“Five dhanuṣa (ten metres) from here is the temple of Vṛddha-Śiva. Devotees will ascertain these places according to this measurement. (120)

śiva-ḍobā bali’ khāta dekhite pāibe
sei khāta gaṅgā-tīra baliyā jānibe (121)

“Here, a trench named Śiva-ḍobā will be seen. This trench will indicate that earlier the river Gaṅgā flowed here. (121)

bhakta-gaṇa eirūpe prabhura icchāya
prakāśibe lupta-sthāna jānaha niścaya (122)

“In this way, according to Śrī Mahāprabhu’s desire, the devotees will reveal these lost places. Know this for certain. (122)

prabhura śatābdi-catuṣṭaya anta jabe
lupta-tīrtha uddhārera yatna ha’be tabe (123)

“Four hundred years after the appearance of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, the attempt to recover the lost holy places will begin.” (123)

‘śrī-jīva’ balena prabhu balaha ekhana
antardvīpa nāmera je yathārtha kāraṇa (124)

Śrī Jīva said, “O Prabhu, now please explain to me the real reason for this place being named Antardvīpa.” (124)

Antardvīpa, Lord Brahmā’s place of austerity –

prabhu bale,—ei sthāne dvāparera śeṣe
tapasyā karila brahmā gaura-kṛpā-āśe (125)

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu said, “At the end of Dvāpara-yuga, Brahmā performed austerities here, desiring to receive Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s mercy. (125)

go-vatsa gopāla saba kariyā haraṇa
chalila kariyā māyā govindera mana (126)

“During Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, Brahmā [tried] to delude Govinda by stealing the calves and cowherd boys. (126)

nija-māyā parājaya dekhi’ catur-mukha
nija-kārya-doṣe baḍa pāila asukha (127)

“Seeing his own deceit defeated, the fourheaded Brahmā became very unhappy due to his offences. (127)

bahu stava kari’ kṛṣṇe karila minati
kṣamila tāhāra doṣa vṛndāvana-pati (128)

“After speaking many words of glorification, Brahmā begged forgiveness at Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s feet, and the Lord of Vṛndāvana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, indeed forgave him. (128)

The reason for Lord Brahmā’s austerities –

tabu brahmā mane-mane karila vicāra
brahma-buddhi mora haya atiśaya chāra (129)

“Then Brahmā thought in his mind, ‘For me to think that I am the creator of the universe is most contemptible. (129)

ei buddhi-doṣe kṛṣṇa-premete rahita
braja-līlā-rasa-bhoge hainu vañcita (130)

“ ‘This faulty understanding alone deprives me of kṛṣṇa-prema and of relishing the rasas of the pastimes of Vraja. (130)

gopāla haiyā janma pāitāma āmi
sevitāma anāyāse gopikāra svāmī (131)

“ ‘If I had taken birth as a cowherd boy, I would have easily obtained service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the master of the gopīs. (131)

se-līlā-rasete mora nā haila gati
ebe śrī-gaurāṅge mora nā haya kumati (132)

“ ‘I did not have the great fortune to relish the rasa of those pastimes. But now I will not have any wicked mentality towards Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.’ (132)

ei bali’ bahukāla antardvīpa-sthāne
tapasyā karila brahmā rahila dheyāne (133)

“Saying this, Lord Brahmā began to meditate and perform austerities in this very same Antardvīpa. (133)

Lord Brahmā receives darśana of Śrī Gaurahari –

katadine gauracandra karuṇā kariyā
catur-mukha-sannidhāne kahena āsiyā (134)

ohe brahmā, tava tape tuṣṭa ha’ye āmi
āsilāma dite jāhā āśā kara tumi (135)

“Some time later, Śrī Gauracandra mercifully appeared before the four-headed Brahmā and said, ‘O Brahmā, being satisfied with your austerities, I have come to give you that boon for which you are hankering.’ (134–135)

nayana meliyā brahmā dekhi’ gaura-rāya
ajñāna haiyā bhūme paḍila tathāya (136)

“When Brahmā opened his eyes and saw Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, he became unconscious and fell to the ground. (136)

Brahmā glorifies Śrī Gaurahari –

brahmāra mastake prabhu dharila caraṇa
divya-jñāna pe’ye brahmā karaya stavana (137)

āmi dīna-hīna ati abhimāna-vaśe
pāsariyā tava pada phiri jaḍa rase (138)

“The Lord put His foot on Brahmā’s head. Receiving transcendental knowledge, Brahmā began to offer prayers. ‘I am very low and wretched’, he said. ‘Being controlled by pride, I committed offences at Your feet and as a result I am absorbed in mundane enjoyment. (137–138)

āmi, pañcānana, indra-ādi deva-gaṇa
adhikṛta dāsa tava śāstrera likhana (139)

“ ‘All scriptures declare that I (Brahmā), Pañcānana (Śiva), Indra and all other demigods are Your subjugated servants. (139)

śuddha dāsa haite āmādera bhāgya naya
ataeva māyā moha-jāla vistāraya (140)

“ ‘It is not our fortune to become Your pure servants, therefore, māyā has covered us with her net of illusion. (140)

prathama parārddha mora kāṭila jīvana
ebe ta’ carama cintā karaye poṣaṇa (141)

dvitīya parārddha mora kāṭibe kemane
bahirmukha haile yātanā baḍa mane (142)

“ ‘The first half of my life has passed, and now I am most anxious about how the second half will pass. My mind is disturbed by many difficulties because of being indifferent toward You. (141–142)

Lord Brahmā’s prayer for a blessing –

ei-mātra tava pade prārthanā āmāra
prakaṭa-līlāya jena hai parivāra (143)

“ ‘My only prayer at Your feet is that I may join You as Your associate in Your manifest pastimes. (143)

brahma-buddhi dūre jāya, hena janma pāi
tomāra saṅgete thāki’ tava guṇa gāi (144)

“ ‘May I attain such a birth that my conceit in being the creator will be removed, that I may remain with You the whole time, and that I may glorify You.’ (144)

Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s agreement –

brahmāra prārthanā śuni’ gaura bhagavān
‘tathāstu’ baliyā vara karilena dāna (145)

“Hearing Brahmā’s prayer, Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu said, ‘So be it,’ and bestowed the boon upon him. (145)

je-samaye mama līlā prakaṭa haibe
yavanera gṛhe tumi janama labhibe (146)

“Śrīman Mahāprabhu said, ‘At the time My pastimes manifest, you will take birth in a yavana’s house. (146)

āpanāke hīna bali’ haibe geyāna
haridāsa ha’be tumi śūnya abhimāna (147)

“ ‘You will always think of yourself as low and fallen. Your name will be Haridāsa, and you will be free from all pride. (147)

tina-lakṣa harināma jihvāgre nācibe
niryāṇa-samaye tumi āmāke dekhibe (148)

“ ‘Daily, three-hundred-thousand names of Hari will dance upon your tongue, and at the time of leaving this world, you will have darśana of Me. (148)

ei ta’ sādhana-bale dvi-parārddha-śeṣe
pā’be navadvīpa-dhāma maji’ nitya-rase (149)

“ ‘By virtue of this practice, at the end of the second half of your present birth, you will attain this Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma and be absorbed in eternal rasa. (149)

ohe brahmā, śuna mora antarera kathā
vyakta kabhu nā karibe śāstre yathā-tathā (150)

“ ‘O Brahmā, listen to these words from My heart. Do not reveal them here and there in different scriptures. (150)

Describing His true nature to Lord Brahmā –

bhakta-bhāva la’ye bhakti-rasa āsvādiba
parama durlabha saṅkīrtana prakāśiba (151)

“ ‘Having taken the mood of a devotee, I will relish the rasa of bhakti and manifest the supremely rare process of saṅkīrtana. (151)

anya-anya avatāra-kāle bhakta jata
braja-rase sabe mātāiba kari’ rata (152)

“ ‘I will drown in the rasa of Vraja with all the devotees who were present at the time of My other incarnations. (152)

śrī-rādhika-prema-baddha āmāra hṛdaya
tāṅ’ra bhāva-kānti la’ye haiba udaya (153)

“ ‘My heart is controlled by Śrī Rādhika’s prema. I will take Her bhāva and bodily lustre and appear in this material world. (153)

kivā sukha rādhā pāya āmāre seviyā
sei sukha āsvādiba rādhā-bhāva laiyā (154)

“ ‘Accepting Her bhāva, I will taste the happiness that Śrī Rādhā experiences in serving Me. (154)

āji haite tumi mora śiṣyatā labhibe
haridāsa-rūpe more satata sevibe (155)

“ ‘From today itself, you will attain the position of being My disciple, and later as Haridāsa, you will always serve Me.’ (155)

eta bali’ mahāprabhu haila antardhyāna
āchāḍiyā paḍe brahmā haiyā ajñāna (156)

“Saying this, Śrīman Mahāprabhu disappeared, and Lord Brahmā fell to the ground unconscious. (156)

hā gaurāṅga, dīna-bandho, bhakata-vatsala
kabe vā pāibo tava caraṇa-kamala (157)

“[Again gaining consciousness, he restlessly began to call out,] ‘O Gaurāṅga! O friend of the fallen! O, You who are loving toward the devotees, when will I attain Your lotus feet?’ (157)

ei mata katadina kāṅdite-kāṅdite
brahma-loke gela brahmā kārya sampādite (158)

“Brahmā wept like this for many days. Then he again returned to Brahma-loka to perform his duties as Brahmā, as given by the Supreme Lord.” (158)

The author’s prayer to attain his desired service –

nitāi-jāhnavā pade āśā-mātra jāra
nadīyā-māhātmya gāya dīna-hīna chāra (159)

This fallen, lowly and insignificant Bhaktivinoda, whose desire is to attain the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Jāhnavādevī, is singing the glories of Nadiyā. (159)

Thus Ends Chapter Five