Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 2 Verse 16

Antya-līlā | Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 2.16

āmbuyā-muluke haya nakula-brahmacārī

parama-vaiṣṇava teńho baḍa adhikārī

SYNONYMS

āmbuyā-muluke — in the province known as Āmbuyā; haya — there is; nakula-brahmacārī — a person known as Nakula Brahmacārī; parama-vaiṣṇava — a perfectly pure devotee; teńho — he; baḍa adhikārī — very advanced in devotional service.

TRANSLATION

In Āmbuyā-muluka there was a person named Nakula Brahmacārī, who was a perfectly pure devotee, greatly advanced in devotional service.

PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that Āmbuyā-muluka is the present Ambikā, a city in the Vardhamāna district of West Bengal. Formerly, during the Muslim regime, it was known as Āmbuyā-muluka. In this city there is a neighborhood called Pyārīgañja, and that is where Nakula Brahmacārī used to live.

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