নিত্যানন্দস্বরূপ পূর্বে হৈযা লক্ষ্মণ লঘুভ্রাতা হৈযা করে রামের সেবন
नित्यानन्दस्वरूप पूर्वे हैया लक्ष्मण लघुभ्राता हैया करे रामेर सेवन
nityānanda-svarūpa pūrve ha-iyā lakṣmaṇa laghu-bhrātā haiyā kare rāmera sevana
Synonyms
nityānanda-svarūpa—Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa; pūrve—formerly; ha-iyā—becoming; lakṣmaṇa—Lakṣmaṇa, Lord Rāmacandra's younger brother; laghu-bhrātā haiyā—becoming the younger brother; kare—does; rāmera sevana—service to Lord Rāmacandra..
Translation
Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa formerly appeared as Lakṣmaṇa and served Lord Rāma as His younger brother.
Purport
Among the sannyāsīs of the Śaṅkara-sampradāya there are different names for brahmacārīs. Each sannyāsī has some assistants, known as brahmacārīs, who are called by different names according to the names of the sannyāsī. Among such brahmacārīs there are four names: Svarūpa, Ānanda, Prakāśa and Caitanya. Nityānanda Prabhu maintained himself as a brahmacārī; He never took sannyāsa. As a brahmacārī His name was Nityānanda Svarūpa, and therefore the sannyāsī under whom He was living must have been from the tīrthas or āśramas because the assistant brahmacārī of such a sannyāsī is called Nityānanda Svarūpa.