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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.17
পঞ্চম বর্ষের বালক কহে সিদ্ধান্তের সার ।
শুনিয়া পাইলা আচার্য সন্তোষ অপার ॥ ১৭ ॥
pañcama varṣera bālaka kahe siddhāntera sāra
śuniyā pāilā ācārya santoṣa apāra
When Advaita Ācārya heard this statement from His five-year-old son Acyutānanda, He felt great satisfaction because of his conclusive judgment.
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Advaita Ācārya felt great satisfaction at the conclusive judgment of His five-year-old son Acyutānanda.
Advaita Ācārya had six sons. Three were strict followers of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
These three devoted sons were Acyuta, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla dāsa, born of Sītādevī. Acyutānanda was the eldest.
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.
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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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