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নিত্যানন্দী দাসী
নিত্যানন্দী দাসী Manjari bhava for sadhakas is the aspiration to serve Srimati Radharani under the maidservants of Her sakhis...for us it is ultimately under Rupa manjari (Rupa Goswami) but one will directly serve the servant of Her servant of Her servant.
Nitai kripa is easily available in 5 ways. One is to always serve Sri Guru who is the direct representative of Nityananda Rama. Secondly, one should call upon the mercy of Lord Sadashiv who is the guardian of Nitai's home, Ekachakra dham. It is clear one can only attain Nitai and His kripa by Sadashiv's mercy. He is best approached as Adwaita acharya. Tava kripa bole pay Chaitanya Nitai.
The next is to take shelter of Jahnava mata. When Nitai hears Jahnava devi's Name once He must come running to give His kripa.
Worshipping Gauranga is the next way to get Nitai's mercy. Exalted acharyas like Vrindavan Das Thakur have written in Chaitanya Bhagavat that it is only by Gaura's mercy that one can achieve Nitai's fav
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Shishir Katote R Does vaidhi bhakti refer to sadhana bhakti and bhava bhakti to raganuga bhakti? I find it more of a preaching strategy that vaidhi bhakti gets converted to raganuga bhakti. Why? Sadhana-bhakti arises from nirguna-sraddha or paramarthiki sastriya sraddha arising out of visuddha-sattva. Brahma-Samhita (5.61) clearly states that the caliber of sadhya-bhakti (the stage of siddhi or perfection) depends on the caliber of sadhana-bhakti (i.e. bhavana). Vide – “…yādṛśī yādṛśī śraddhā siddhir bhavati tādṛśī…”. Hence, the sadhana-bhakti is also part of uttama-bhakti, though not its paramount stage. JG writes in his vaisnava-tosani commentary to SB 10th canto that "sraddha tu raty-ankura-rupa jayate..." or that this paramarthiki sraddha arises as a seed of the actual rati or bhava. If bhava and prema are visuddha-sattvatmika (as explained in BRS 1.3.1 and BRS 1.4.1), then the seed of that bhava and prema will also be visuddha-sattvatmika – making it to be uttama also (b
