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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.53
এই শিক্ষা সবাকারে, সবে মনে কৈল ।
আচার্য–গোসাঞি মনে আনন্দ পাইল ॥ ৫৩ ॥
ei śikṣā sabākāre, sabe mane kaila
ācārya-gosāñi mane ānanda pāila
When Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave this instruction to Kamalākānta, all present considered it to be meant for everyone. Thus Advaita Ācārya was greatly pleased.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave this instruction directly to Kamalākānta.
Everyone present understood that the instruction was meant for all, not only for Kamalākānta.
Advaita Ācārya was greatly pleased.
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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