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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.58
ভাগবতাচার্য, আর বিষ্ণুদাসাচার্য ।
চক্রপাণি আচার্য, আর অনন্ত আচার্য ॥ ৫৮ ॥
bhāgavatācārya, āra viṣṇudāsācārya
cakrapāṇi ācārya, āra ananta ācārya
Bhāgavata Ācārya, Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya, Cakrapāṇi Ācārya and Ananta Ācārya were the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth branches of Advaita Ācārya.
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Bhāgavata Ācārya, Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya, Cakrapāṇi Ācārya and Ananta Ācārya were the sixth through ninth branches of Advaita Ācārya. Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya attended the Khetari-mahotsava with Acyutānanda.
Bhāgavata Ācārya was later counted among Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s followers and compiled the famous Prema-taraṅgiṇī. He formerly lived in Vṛndāvana as Śveta-mañjarī.
Ananta Ācārya was formerly Sudevī, one of the eight principal gopīs. Although among Advaita Ācārya’s followers, he later became an important devotee of Gadādhara Gosvāmī.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branches”, “followers”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “prema-taraṅgiṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which detail about these devotees helps me remember them as individuals?
Write down one devotee named here and one detail the text gives about him.
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