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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.16
আম্বুয়া-মুলুকে হয় নকুল-ব্রহ্মচারী ।
পরম-বৈষ্ণব তেঁহো বড় অধিকারী ॥ ১৬ ॥
āmbuyā-muluke haya nakula-brahmacārī
parama-vaiṣṇava teṅho baḍa adhikārī
In Āmbuyā-muluka there was a person named Nakula Brahmacārī, who was a perfectly pure devotee, greatly advanced in devotional service.
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Nakula Brahmacārī lived in Āmbuyā-muluka. He was a perfectly pure devotee, greatly advanced in devotional service.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura identifies Āmbuyā-muluka as the present Ambikā, a city in the Burdwan district of West Bengal.
The city was known as Āmbuyā-muluka during the Muslim regime. Nakula Brahmacārī lived in its neighborhood called Pyārīgañja.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “pure devotee”
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In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What qualities of Nakula Brahmacārī does the translation especially ask you to notice?
Before one act of devotional service today, pause and make a sincere intention to serve with purity.
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