Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s3.9

c6.s3.9

³ कोन चैतन्येर लोक नित्यानन्द प्रति । मन्द बोले हेन देख से केवल स्तुति ॥...इथे एकजनेर हइया पक्ष से । अन्य जनेर निन्दा करे क्षय याय से ॥ (C-bh, Ādi vii). एत परिहारेओ ये पापी निन्दा करे । तवे लाथि मारों तार शिरेर उपरे ॥ (Ādi xv ; Antya vi). एइ अवतारे केह गौरचन्द्र गाय । नित्यानन्द नाम शुनि उठिया पलाय ॥ (Madhya iii). ए सब वचने यार नाहिक प्रतीत । सय अधःपात तार जानिह निश्चित ॥ (Madhya x). देखि नित्यानन्द महाप्रभु विलास । केह सुख पाय कारो ना जन्मे विश्वास ॥ (Antya vi), etc. It is noteworthy that the Vṛndāvana Gosvāmins (with the exception of Sanātana) never refer to Nityānanda, nor do they mention Advaita in the same terms as they do obeisance and pay their homage to Caitanya. Only in the long list of Caitanya's associates and followers, given at the commencement of his Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī does Sanātana mention Nityānanda and Advaita along with others. As we have already pointed out, the doctrine of Pañca-tattva, which includes Nityānanda and Advaita as two of the five objects of adoration of the sect, is not acknowledged by the Gosvāmins, but the idea appears to have originated in the Bengal works.