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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.14
চৈতন্য গোসাঞির গুরু—কেশব ভারতী ।
এই পিতার বাক্য শুনি’ দুঃখ পাইল অতি ॥ ১৪ ॥
caitanya-gosāñira guru — keśava bhāratī
ei pitāra vākya śuni’ duḥkha pāila ati
When Acyutānanda heard from his father that Keśava Bhāratī was the spiritual master of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he was very unhappy.
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Acyutānanda heard a statement from his father about Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His father said that Keśava Bhāratī was Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's spiritual master.
Hearing this made Acyutānanda very unhappy.
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
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