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*Sat Sanga with HH Krishna Kshetra Swami*
Topics: Nityananda Trayodasi; Sanskrit Lesson; Yoga and Animal Ethics; Vaishnava Etiquette
Song: Nitai Guna Mani, from songbook Caitanya Mangala by Srila Locana Dasa Thakura
Go-druma Bhavan, Mayapur, India
January 31, 2026
LYRICS:
(1)
_nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi_
_āniyā premer vanyā bhāsāilo avanī_
My Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, my Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, has brought the flood of ecstatic love of God that has drowned the entire world.
(2)
_premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe_
_ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse_
Bringing this overwhelming deluge of prema when He returned to Bengal from Jagannatha Puri on Lord Caitanya's order, Nitai has inundated the assembly of devotees. The fallen nondevotees did not drown, however, but remained floating on that ecstatic ocean.
(3)
_dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche_
_brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce_
Lord Nityananda freely offered this exalted prema, which is difficult for Lord Brahma to attain, even to the fallen and wretched souls who did not desire it.
(4)
_ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu niṭāi kāṭiyā mohān_
_ghare ghare bule prema-amiyār bān_
The ocean of mercy had formerly been sealed tight, but Nitai cut a channel in its boundary to allow the great flooding waves of nectarean prema to splash from house to house.
(5)
_locan bole mor nitāi jebā nā bhajilo_
_jāniyā śuniyā sei ātma-ghātī hoilo_
Locana dasa says, "Whoever has not worshiped my Nitai or taken advantage of this excellent opportunity offered by Him knowingly commits suicide."
Interview on “Duhovni utrip” (RTV Slovenija): Yoga and Ethics: https://365.rtvslo.si/arhiv/duhovni-utrip/175194554
Books Recommended / Cited:
_Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics_ by Dr. Kenneth R. Valpey: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-28408-4
_Yoga and Animal Ethics_ by Dr. Kenneth R. Valpey: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93361-5
_The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series_ : https://link.springer.com/series/14421/books
_Yoga: The Essence of Animal Ethics, Kinship, and Rewilding_ Psychology Today interview with Dr. Marc Bekoff about Yoga and Animal Ethics: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202601/yoga-the-essence-of-animal-ethics-kinship-and-rewilding?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Topics: Nityananda Trayodasi; Sanskrit Lesson; Yoga and Animal Ethics; Vaishnava Etiquette
Song: Nitai Guna Mani, from songbook Caitanya Mangala by Srila Locana Dasa Thakura
Go-druma Bhavan, Mayapur, India
January 31, 2026
LYRICS:
(1)
_nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi_
_āniyā premer vanyā bhāsāilo avanī_
My Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, my Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, has brought the flood of ecstatic love of God that has drowned the entire world.
(2)
_premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe_
_ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse_
Bringing this overwhelming deluge of prema when He returned to Bengal from Jagannatha Puri on Lord Caitanya's order, Nitai has inundated the assembly of devotees. The fallen nondevotees did not drown, however, but remained floating on that ecstatic ocean.
(3)
_dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche_
_brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce_
Lord Nityananda freely offered this exalted prema, which is difficult for Lord Brahma to attain, even to the fallen and wretched souls who did not desire it.
(4)
_ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu niṭāi kāṭiyā mohān_
_ghare ghare bule prema-amiyār bān_
The ocean of mercy had formerly been sealed tight, but Nitai cut a channel in its boundary to allow the great flooding waves of nectarean prema to splash from house to house.
(5)
_locan bole mor nitāi jebā nā bhajilo_
_jāniyā śuniyā sei ātma-ghātī hoilo_
Locana dasa says, "Whoever has not worshiped my Nitai or taken advantage of this excellent opportunity offered by Him knowingly commits suicide."
Interview on “Duhovni utrip” (RTV Slovenija): Yoga and Ethics: https://365.rtvslo.si/arhiv/duhovni-utrip/175194554
Books Recommended / Cited:
_Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics_ by Dr. Kenneth R. Valpey: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-28408-4
_Yoga and Animal Ethics_ by Dr. Kenneth R. Valpey: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93361-5
_The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series_ : https://link.springer.com/series/14421/books
_Yoga: The Essence of Animal Ethics, Kinship, and Rewilding_ Psychology Today interview with Dr. Marc Bekoff about Yoga and Animal Ethics: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202601/yoga-the-essence-of-animal-ethics-kinship-and-rewilding?utm_source=chatgpt.com