Antya-lilaChapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 2.16

ambuya-muluke haya nakula-brahmacari

parama-vaisnava tenho bada adhikari

SYNONYMS

ambuya-muluke -- in the province known as Ambuya; haya -- there is; nakula-brahmacari -- a person known as Nakula Brahmacari; parama-vaisnava -- a perfectly pure devotee; tenho -- he; bada adhikari -- very advanced in devotional service.

TRANSLATION

In Ambuya-muluka there was a person named Nakula Brahmacari, who was a perfectly pure devotee, greatly advanced in devotional service.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that Ambuya-muluka is the present Ambika, a city in the Vardhamana district of West Bengal. Formerly, during the Muslim regime, it was known as Ambuya-muluka. In this city there is a neighborhood called Pyariganja, and that is where Nakula Brahmacari used to live.

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