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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.59
নন্দিনী, আর কামদেব, চৈতন্যদাস ।
দুর্লভ বিশ্বাস, আর বনমালিদাস ॥ ৫৯ ॥
nandinī, āra kāmadeva, caitanya-dāsa
durlabha viśvāsa, āra vanamāli-dāsa
Nandinī, Kāmadeva, Caitanya dāsa, Durlabha Viśvāsa and Vanamālī dāsa were the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth branches of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
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Nandinī and Kāmadeva were the tenth and eleventh branches of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
Caitanya dāsa and Durlabha Viśvāsa were the twelfth and thirteenth branches.
Vanamālī dāsa was the fourteenth branch of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
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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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In this verse: “branches”
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Which of these five names can I now remember as a branch of Śrī Advaita Ācārya?
Read the five names aloud once, noting their connection with Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
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