Question: All the devotees from the spiritual world, Yaśoda, Nanda Mahārāja, etc. were nitya-siddhās who appeared in Gaura-līlā, but Śrīvāsa had a wife and children in Gaura-līlā, how do we understand this?

Jayapataka Swami: Śacī-mātā came in Gaura-līlā, she is non-different from Devakī or Yaśoda. So similarly,Śrīvāsa’s wife was Mālinī, and she was a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda. So, what’s difficult to understand this? that sometimes the Lord’s devotees come in different roles, in the pastimes of the Lord. So, like that Śrīvāsa had a wife and children,but although he was a gṛhastha, he had more love for Lord Gaurāṅga.
19-June-2020 SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, INDIA