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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.34
আচার্যেরে স্থাপিয়াছে করিয়া ঈশ্বর ।
ইথে দোষ নাহি, আচার্য—দৈবত ঈশ্বর ॥ ৩৪ ॥
ācāryere sthāpiyāche kariyā īśvara
ithe doṣa nāhi, ācārya — daivata īśvara
“He has established Advaita Ācārya as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is nothing wrong in this, for He is indeed the Lord Himself.
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The note established Advaita Ācārya as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu said there was nothing wrong with this statement.
He confirmed that Advaita Ācārya is indeed the Lord Himself.
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
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How does Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s statement shape your understanding of Advaita Ācārya?
Write down the truth affirmed here: Advaita Ācārya is the Lord Himself.
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