Text 197] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 289

cause of a relationship with Nilambara Cakravarti; hama—l; aja kari’—as My
grandfathers; mane—consider.

TRANSLATION

The Lord continued, ‘Your father and his elder brother are both related as
brothers to My grandfather, Nilambara Cakravarti. Therefore | consider them
My grandfathers.

PURPORT

Nilambara Cakravarti, the grandfather of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was very in-
timately related to Raghunatha dasa’s father and uncle. Nilambara Cakravarti used
to call them his younger brothers because both of them were very devoted to the
brahmanas and were very respectable gentlemen. Similarly, they used to call him
Dada Cakravarti, addressing him as an elder brother brahmana. Raghunatha dasa,
however, was almost the same age as Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Generally a
grandchild may joke about his grandfather. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
took advantage of the relationship between His grandfather and Raghunatha
dasa’s father and uncle to speak in a joking way.

TEXT 196

BAST GCS EH SGA AA |
SSS Sea aia SH ABA y sow

cakravartira duhe haya bhratr-rpa dasa
ataeva tare ami kari parihasa

SYNONYMS

cakravartira—of Nilambara Cakravarti; duhe—both; haya—are; bhrdatr-rupa
dasa—servants as younger brothers; ataeva—therefore; tare—unto them; ami—
|; kari parihasa—say something jokingly.

TRANSLATION
“Since your father and his elder brother are younger brothers of Nilambara

Cakravarti, | may joke about them in this way.

TEXT 197

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