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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.32
কিন্তু তাঁর দৈবে কিছু হইয়াছে ঋণ ।
ঋণ শোধিবারে চাহি তঙ্কা শত–তিন ॥ ৩২ ॥
kintu tāṅra daive kichu ha-iyāche ṛṇa
ṛṇa śodhibāre cāhi taṅkā śata-tina
But it also mentioned that Advaita Ācārya had recently incurred a debt of about three hundred rupees that Kamalākānta Viśvāsa wanted to liquidate.
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The note also mentioned that Advaita Ācārya had recently incurred a debt.
The debt was about three hundred rupees.
Kamalākānta Viśvāsa wanted to liquidate, or pay off, that debt.
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 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. Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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What did Kamalākānta Viśvāsa want to do about the debt mentioned in the note?
Write a short summary of the debt and Kamalākānta Viśvāsa’s intention, without adding a motive the verse does not give.
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