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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.54
আচার্যের অভিপ্রায় প্রভুমাত্র বুঝে ।
প্রভুর গম্ভীর বাক্য আচার্য সমুঝে ॥ ৫৪ ॥
ācāryera abhiprāya prabhu-mātra bujhe
prabhura gambhīra vākya ācārya samujhe
Only Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu could understand the intentions of Advaita Ācārya, and Advaita Ācārya appreciated the grave instruction of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya had intentions that only Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu could understand.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instruction was grave and serious.
Advaita Ācārya appreciated that instruction.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I appreciate a serious instruction even when I do not understand all that lies behind it?
Reread Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instruction and note one reason to appreciate its seriousness.
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