2.16

ambuya-muluke haya nakula-brahmacari

parama-vaisnava tenho bada adhikari

SYNONYMS

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

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 Mohammedan 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.