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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.63
পুরুষোত্তম পণ্ডিত, আর রঘুনাথ ।
বনমালী কবিচন্দ্র, আর বৈদ্যনাথ ॥ ৬৩ ॥
puruṣottama paṇḍita, āra raghunātha
vanamālī kavicandra, āra vaidyanātha
Puruṣottama Paṇḍita, Raghunātha, Vanamālī Kavicandra and Vaidyanātha were the twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first and thirty-second branches of Advaita Ācārya.
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Puruṣottama Paṇḍita and Raghunātha were the twenty-ninth and thirtieth branches of Advaita Ācārya.
Vanamālī Kavicandra was the thirty-first branch.
Vaidyanātha was the thirty-second branch of 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:
Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya. After describing the descendants of Advaita Ācārya, the chapter concludes by describing the followers of Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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