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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.148
গ্রাম সম্বন্ধে ‘চক্রবর্তী হয় মোর চাচা ।
দেহ–সম্বন্ধে হৈতে হয় গ্রাম–সম্বন্ধ সাঁচা ॥১৪৮ ॥
grāma-sambandhe ‘cakravartī’ haya mora cācā
deha-sambandhe haite haya grāma-sambandha sāṅcā
“In our village relationship, Nīlāmbara Cakravartī Ṭhākura was my uncle. Such a relationship is stronger than a bodily relationship.
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The speaker calls Nīlāmbara Cakravartī Ṭhākura his uncle through their village relationship. He describes this bond as stronger than a bodily relationship.
The purport describes Hindu and Muslim villagers living peacefully, addressing one another as uncle or brother and accepting invitations to one another’s homes.
The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement offers a remedy for uniting all communities and nations on the strong foundation of love of Godhead.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected. Among all the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has the highest ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might love of Godhead help me relate warmly to someone from another community?
Offer a warm greeting to someone from a different community today.
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