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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.11
অসারের নামে ইহাঁ নাহি প্রয়োজন ।
ভেদ জানিবারে করি একত্র গণন ॥ ১১ ॥
asārera nāme ihāṅ nāhi prayojana
bheda jānibāre kari ekatra gaṇana
There is no need to name those who are useless. I have mentioned them only to distinguish them from the useful devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author says there is no need to name those who are useless.
He nevertheless mentions them to make a distinction.
His stated purpose is to distinguish them from the useful devotees.
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.
Can I understand this distinction without becoming interested in naming others?
Reread the translation and write down the author's reason for mentioning those who are useless.
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