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Advaita Ācārya’s Tenth Through Fourteenth Branches

“Nandinī, Kāmadeva, Caitanya dāsa, Durlabha Viśvāsa and Vanamālī dāsa were the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth branches of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 12.59, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Nandinī and Kāmadeva were the tenth and eleventh branches of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
  • Caitanya dāsa and Durlabha Viśvāsa were the twelfth and thirteenth branches.
  • Vanamālī dāsa was the fourteenth branch of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.

Try this today

Read the five names aloud once, noting their connection with Śrī Advaita Ācārya.

Ask yourself

Which of these five names can I now remember as a branch of Śrī Advaita Ācārya?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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