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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.219Madhya 16.221

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.220

নীলাম্বর চক্রবর্তী — আরাধ্য দুঁহার ।

চক্রবর্তী করে দুঁহায় ‘ভ্রাতৃ’-ব্যবহার ॥ ২২০ ॥

nīlāmbara cakravartī — ārādhya duṅhāra

cakravartī kare duṅhāya ‘bhrātṛ’-vyavahāra

Translation

Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, the grandfather of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was much worshiped by the two brothers, but Nīlāmbara Cakravartī used to treat them as his own brothers.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Reverence Met With Brotherly Affection

  1. 1

    Nīlāmbara Cakravartī was the grandfather of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    The two brothers greatly worshiped Nīlāmbara Cakravartī.

  3. 3

    Nīlāmbara Cakravartī treated the two brothers as his own brothers.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat. Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nīlāmbara cakravartīthe grandfather of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. ārādhya duṅhāravery worshipable for these two
  3. cakravartīNīlāmbara Cakravartī
  4. karedoes
  5. duṅhāyato the two of them
  6. bhrātṛ-vyavahāratreating as brothers
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might respect and brotherly affection enrich your relationships?

Practice

Respond to someone’s respectful gesture with a warm, personal expression of affection.

Live this todayReverence Met With Brotherly AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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