Lord Nityananda Svarupa formerly appeared as Laksmana and served Lord Ramacandra as His younger brother

Expressions researched:
"Lord Nityananda Svarupa formerly appeared as Laksmana and served Lord Ramacandra as His younger brother"

CC Adi-lila

Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa formerly appeared as Lakṣmaṇa and served Lord Rāmacandra as His younger brother.

CC Adi 5.149, Translation and Purport:

Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa formerly appeared as Lakṣmaṇa and served Lord Rāmacandra as His younger brother.

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 a certain name according to the name 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 named either Tīrtha or Āśrama, because the name for the assistant brahmacārī of a sannyāsī with either of those names is Svarūpa.