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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.19
শ্রীগোপাল–নামে আর আচার্যের সুত ।
তাঁহার চরিত্র, শুন, অত্যন্ত অদ্ভুত ॥ ১৯ ॥
śrī-gopāla-nāme āra ācāryera suta
tāṅhāra caritra, śuna, atyanta adbhuta
Śrī Gopāla was another son of Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu. Now just hear about his characteristics, for they are all very wonderful.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Gopāla was a son of Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu.
He was one of Advaita Ācārya’s three devoted sons.
The translation invites us to hear about his characteristics, describing them as very wonderful.
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 attentively do you listen when the characteristics of a devotee are described?
Read this translation slowly, giving your full attention to its invitation to hear about Śrī Gopāla.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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