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CC 2.2.16

āmbuyā-muluke haya nakula-brahmacārī



parama-vaiṣṇava teṅho baḍa adhikārī
āmbuyā-muluke-in the province known as Āmbuyā; haya-here is; nakula-brahmacārī-a person known as Nakula Brahmacārī; parama-vaiṣṇava-a perfectly pure devotee; teṅho-he; baḍa adhikārī-very advanced in devotional service.
In Āmbuyā-muluka there was a person named Nakula Brahmacārī, who was a perfectly pure devotee, greatly advanced in devotional service.

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that Āmbuyā-muluka is the present Ambikā, a city in the Vardhamāna district of West Bengal. Formerly, during the Mohammedan regime, it was known as Āmbuyā-muluka. In this city there is a neighborhood called Pyārīgañja, and that is where Nakula Brahmacārī used to live.