Ādi-līlā

Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Verse 148 of 330
Cc Ādi 17.148

গ্রামসম্বন্ধে ঽচক্রবর্তীঽ হয মোর চাচা দেহসম্বন্ধে হৈতে হয গ্রামসম্বন্ধ সাঙ্চা

ग्रामसम्बन्धे ऽचक्रवर्तीऽ हय मोर चाचा देहसम्बन्धे हैते हय ग्रामसम्बन्ध साङ्चा

grāma-sambandhe 'cakravartī' haya mora cācā deha-sambandhe haite haya grāma-sambandha sāṅcā

Synonyms

grāma-sambandhein our neighborhood relationship; cakravartīYour grandfather Nīlāmbara Cakravartī; hayabecomes; moramy; cācāuncle; deha-sambandhein a bodily relationship; haitethan; hayabecomes; grāma-sambandhaneighborhood relationship; sāṅcāmore powerful..

Translation

"In our village relationship, Nīlāmbara Cakravartī Ṭhākura was my uncle. Such a relationship is stronger than a bodily relationship.

Purport

In India, even in the interior villages, all the Hindu and Muslim communities used to live very peacefully by establishing a relationship between them. The young men called the elderly members of the village by the name cācā or kākā, "uncle," and men of the same age called each other dādā, "brother." The relationship was very friendly. There were even invitations from Mohammedan houses to Hindu houses and from Hindu houses to Mohammedan houses. Both the Hindus and the Mohammedans accepted the invitations to go to each other's houses to attend ceremonial functions. Even until fifty or sixty years ago, the relationship between Hindus and Muslims was very friendly, and there were no disturbances. We do not find any Hindu-Muslims riots in the history of India, even during the days of the Mohammedans' rule over the country. Conflict between Hindus and Muslims was created by polluted politicians, especially foreign rulers, and thus the situation gradually became so degraded that India was divided into Hindustan and Pakistan. Fortunately, the remedy to unite not only the Hindus and Muslims but all communities and all nations can still be implemented by the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement on the strong basic platform of love of Godhead.

Verse 148 of 330
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