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worshiped in mädhurya ‑ rasa in the form of Rädhä and Kåñëa. O son of Vallabha, very soon, Rüpa and Sanätana will teach you all these truths. Now the Lord Himself has given to you the right to enter Våndävana. Jéva, do not delay any longer in going there!” Saying this, the all‑merciful Nityänanda Prabhu put His feet upon Jéva’s head and invested him with spiritual power. In ecstatic love of God, Jéva Gosvämé remained unconscious for some time at Nityänanda Prabhu’s feet. He then began to roll on the ground there, in Çréväsa’s courtyard, as ecstatic symptoms of love manifested in his body. Crying, he said, “How unfortunate I am that I did not see the Lord’s pastimes in Navadvépa with my own eyes. Gaurahari performed His pastimes to free the souls bound in the material world, but I did not see those activities, so my days simply pass uselessly.” Hearing that Çré Jéva was going to Våndävana, many devotees came to Çréväsa’s courtyard. The senior Vaiñëavas gave Jéva their blessings, and the junior Vaiñëavas begged for his mercy. Folding his hands, Çré Jéva said to all of them, “Please excuse all of my offenses. You are Çré Caitanya’s servants, the gurus of the world. O desire trees, be merciful on this insignificant living entity. Let the attraction of my mind reside in Lord Caitanya. And let Nityänanda Prabhu be my goal birth after birth! Without understanding I have given up my home as a mere child, but you are my friends, taking care of my life. Without the mercy of the Vaiñëavas one cannot attain Kåñëa. Therefore, brothers, give me the dust from your feet.” Having said this, he glorified and bowed down to each one of the Vaiñëavas and then, with the consent of Nityänanda Prabhu, he went to Jagannätha Miçra’s house. At the feet of mother Çacé, his mind agitated by spiritual emotions, he received the order to go to Våndävana. Giving him the dust from her lotus feet and all blessings, she bid him well on his journey. Jéva wept as he crossed the Ganges. Calling out the name of Gauräìga as he went, he knew the Lord’s order was supreme. After some time, he crossed the boundary of Navadvépa. As he left the dhäma , he offered his daëòavats and headed for Våndävana. At that moment, Vraja‑dhäma, the Yamunä, and his uncles, Rüpa and Sanätana, awoke in his heart.
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