Text 150] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 337
TRANSLATION
“In our village relationship, Nilambara Cakravarti Thakura 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 elderty members of the village by the name cdacd or kakd, “uncie,”’
and men of the same age called each other dada, ‘‘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-Muslim riots in the history of India, even during the days of the
Mohammedans'’ rule over the country. Conftict 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 Krsna movement
on the strong basic platform of love of Godhead.
TEXT 149
armies SaaS) Sa CUNT ata |
CA ARCH VS Sa VTA SPA 1 980 t
nilgmbara cakravarti haya tomara nana
se-sambandhe hao tumi amara bhagina
SYNONYMS
nilaémbara cakravarti—of the name Nilambara Cakravarti; haya—-becomes, tomdra—
Your, manad—maternal grandfather; se-sambandhe—by such a relationship; 4ao—
become; tumi—You; émara—my; bhaging—nephew (the son of my sister).
TRANSLATION
“Nilambara Cakravarti is Your maternal grandfather, and by this relationship
You are thus my nephew.
TEXT 150
Sifaata cantly aa Steep AV |
AIGLAA BAAY SAA Ai HH We see Ui
