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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.10
আচার্যের মত যেই, সেই মত সার ।
তাঁর আজ্ঞা লঙ্ঘি’ চলে, সেই ত’ অসার ॥ ১০ ॥
ācāryera mata yei, sei mata sāra
tāṅra ājñā laṅghi’ cale, sei ta’ asāra
The order of the spiritual master is the active principle in spiritual life. Anyone who disobeys the order of the spiritual master immediately becomes useless.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The order of the spiritual master is the active principle in spiritual life.
Those who strictly follow the spiritual master's orders are useful in executing the will of the Supreme.
Those who deviate from these orders become useless in carrying out that will.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The twelfth chapter describes the followers of Advaita Prabhu, among whom the followers of Acyutānanda, the son of Advaita Ācārya, are understood to be the pure followers who received the cream of the philosophy Śrī Advaita Ācārya enunciated. Other so-called descendants and followers of Advaita Ācārya are not to be recognized.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give greater importance to following the spiritual master's order?
Choose one instruction from your spiritual master and take one concrete step to carry it out today.
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