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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.16
চৌদ্দ ভুবনের গুরু—চৈতন্য–গোসাঞি ।
তাঁর গুরু—অন্য, এই কোন শাস্ত্রে নাই ॥ ১৬ ॥
caudda bhuvanera guru — caitanya-gosāñi
tāṅra guru — anya, ei kona śāstre nāi
“Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the spiritual master of the fourteen worlds, but You say that someone else is His spiritual master. This is not supported by any revealed scripture.”
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the spiritual master of the fourteen worlds.
The speaker contrasts this position with the claim that someone else is His spiritual master.
He says that this claim is not supported by any revealed scripture.
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:
In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.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 does this statement deepen my regard for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Spend a quiet moment reflecting on Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the spiritual master of the fourteen worlds.
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