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Eating Pastimes of Çrémän Mahäprabhu and Lord Nityänanda
Mahäprabhu quickly got up and washed His hands. He then picked up His mother, saying, “O mother, please get up. Please calm yourself. Why have you suddenly fallen onto the floor?” After awhile, mother Çacé regained her senses and quickly tied her hair. She spoke not a word, but simply went and cried within her room. While breathing heavily, her entire body trembled. She was filled with love of God and had forgotten everything else. Éçäna then cleaned the room after taking the leftover food and washed the kitchen paraphernalia. Éçäna served mother Çacé constantly. He was the most fortunate person within the fourteen worlds. Similar pastimes were enacted every day. No one but the confidential servants of the Lord know the actual purport of these pastimes. After Çré Gauräìga and Nityänanda Prabhu finished Their lunch, mother Çacé anointed Their bodies with sandalwood paste. She then offered Them various items for worship, including flower garlands. Seeing Nityänanda satiated the eyes of mother Çacé. She continued staring at Nityänanda’s face, having become maddened by her affection for Him. Çré Gauräìga told His mother, “You must treat Nityänanda as Your own son. Take care of Him more affectionately than you do Me.” Mother Çacé looked at Nityänanda’s face, thinking Him to be her own son. She said, “From now on, You are my son. Please be kind to my Viçvambhara. From today on, both of You are my sons.” As she spoke, tears flowed constantly from mother Çacé’s eyes. Out of motherly affection, she took Nityänanda on her lap. Nityänanda offered obeisances at mother Çacé’s feet, thinking her to be His affectionate mother. He sweetly said to her, “Mother, what you say is true. I can declare with confidence that I am actually your son10. O mother, please do not consider 10 The meaning of this is: “I am nondifferent from your son, Viçvarüpa.” Çré Viçvarüpa merged within the body of Nityänanda. It is for this reason that mother Çacé felt the same happiness from Nityänanda as she felt while seeing Viçvarüpa.
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