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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.27
আচার্যের আর পুত্র—শ্রীবলরাম ।
আর পুত্র—‘স্বরূপ’–শাখা, ‘জগদীশ’ নাম ॥ ২৭ ॥
ācāryera āra putra — śrī-balarāma
āra putra — ‘svarūpa’-śākhā, ‘jagadīśa’ nāma
The other sons of Advaita Ācārya were Śrī Balarāma, Svarūpa and Jagadīśa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita-carita identifies Balarāma, Svarūpa and Jagadīśa as Advaita Ācārya’s fourth, fifth and sixth sons. Śrī Advaita Ācārya therefore had six sons.
Balarāma, Svarūpa and Jagadīśa, being smārtas, or Māyāvādīs, were rejected by Vaiṣṇava society.
The purport distinguishes Vaiṣṇavas from pañcopāsaka-smārtas, who consider the demigods equal to Lord Viṣṇu. Although such people may present themselves as Vaiṣṇavas, they do not accept Lord Viṣṇu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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:
Other so-called descendants and followers of Advaita Ācārya are not to be recognized. This chapter also includes narrations concerning the son of Advaita Ācārya named Gopāla Miśra and Advaita Ācārya’s servant named Kamalākānta Viśvāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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What distinction does the purport make between appearing to be a Vaiṣṇava and accepting Lord Viṣṇu’s supremacy?
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