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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.149
নীলাম্বর চক্রবর্তী হয় তোমার নানা ।
সে সম্বন্ধে হও তুমি আমার ভাগিনা ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
nīlāmbara cakravartī haya tomāra nānā
se-sambandhe hao tumi āmāra bhāginā
“Nīlāmbara Cakravartī is Your maternal grandfather, and by this relationship You are thus my nephew.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker identifies Nīlāmbara Cakravartī as the Lord’s maternal grandfather.
Through his relationship with Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, the speaker regards the Lord as his nephew.
He presents their connection as a family relationship.
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.
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Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does recognizing a family-like bond affect the way I speak to someone?
Speak warmly to someone you regard as family today.
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