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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.181
নৈহাটি নিকটে ‘ঝামটপুর’ নামে গ্রাম ।
তাঁহা স্বপ্নে দেখা দিলা নিত্যানন্দ–রাম ॥ ১৮১ ॥
naihāṭi-nikaṭe ‘jhāmaṭapura’ nāme grāma
tāṅhā svapne dekhā dilā nityānanda-rāma
In the village of Jhāmaṭapura, which is near Naihāṭi, Lord Nityānanda appeared to me in a dream.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda appeared to the narrator in a dream in Jhāmaṭapura, near Naihāṭi.
The purport describes reaching the area by taking a train on the Katwa railway line to Sālāra station.
From Sālāra station, one can go directly to Jhāmaṭapura.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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 this description it is revealed that the author’s original paternal home and birthplace were in the district of Katwa, in the village of Jhāmaṭapura, which is near Naihāṭī. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the village’s name help you attend to this account?
Write down Jhāmaṭapura as the place where the dream occurred.
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