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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.106
শঙ্করারণ্য—আচার্য–বৃক্ষের এক শাখা ।
মুকুন্দ, কাশীনাথ, রুদ্র,—উপশাখা লেখা ॥ ১০৬ ॥
śaṅkarāraṇya — ācārya-vṛkṣera eka śākhā
mukunda, kāśīnātha, rudra — upaśākhā lekhā
The ācārya Śaṅkarāraṇya was considered the forty-eighth branch of the original tree. From Him proceeded the subbranches known as Mukunda, Kāśīnātha and Rudra.
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The ācārya Śaṅkarāraṇya was considered the forty-eighth branch of the original tree. His subbranches were Mukunda, Kāśīnātha and Rudra.
It is said that Śaṅkarāraṇya was the sannyāsa name of Śrīla Viśvarūpa. He was the elder brother of Viśvambhara, the original name of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śaṅkarāraṇya passed away in 1432 Śakābda (A.D. 1510) at Sholapur, where the pilgrimage place Pāṇḍarapura is situated.
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Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
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Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does learning about Śaṅkarāraṇya help you become more familiar with the branches of the original tree?
Write Śaṅkarāraṇya’s name and, beneath it, the names of His three subbranches.
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