Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 15 Verse 241

SYNONYMS

vraje -- at Vrindavana; jyetha -- the father's elder brothers; khuda -- the father's younger brothers; mama -- the mother's brothers; pisa -- the husbands of aunts; adi -- and so on; gopa-gana -- cowherd men; sakha-vrinda -- hundreds of friends; sabara -- of all of them; ghare -- in the houses; dvi-sandhya -- twice a day; bhojana -- eating.

TRANSLATION

"In Vrindavana You also have Your father's elder brothers, Your father's younger brothers, maternal uncles, husbands of Your father's sisters and many cowherd men. There are also cowherd boyfriends, and You eat twice a day, morning and evening, in the house of each and every one.

PURPORT

In Dvaraka, Lord Krishna had eighteen mothers -- Devaki, Rohini and others. Besides these was His foster mother, Yasoda, in Vrindavana. Lord Krishna also had many uncles. As stated by Srila Rupa Gosvami in his Brihat Sri Sri Radha-krishna-ganoddesa-dipika (32), upanando 'bhinandas ca pitrivyau purva-jau pituh: "The elder brothers of Nanda Maharaja were Upananda and Abhinanda." Similarly, in the same verse the names of the younger brothers of Nanda Maharaja are given: pitrivyau tu kaniyamsau syatam sannanda-nandanau. "Sannanda and Nandana [also known as Sunanda and Pandava] were the younger brothers of Krishna's father, Nanda Maharaja." Sri Krishna's maternal uncles are also described in this book (in verse 46): yasodhara-yasodeva-sudevadyas tu matulah. "Yasodhara, Yasodeva and Sudeva were the maternal uncles of Krishna." Also mentioned in the Radha-krishna-ganoddesa-dipika (38) are Krishna's uncles who were the husbands of Nanda Maharaja's sisters: mahanilah sunilas ca ramanav etayoh kramat. "Mahanila and Sunila are the husbands of Krishna's aunts."

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