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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.65
বিজয় পণ্ডিত, আর পণ্ডিত শ্রীরাম ।
অসংখ্য অদ্বৈত–শাখা কত লইব নাম ॥ ৬৫ ॥
vijaya paṇḍita, āra paṇḍita śrīrāma
asaṅkhya advaita-śākhā kata la-iba nāma
Vijaya Paṇḍita and Śrīrāma Paṇḍita were two important branches of Advaita Ācārya. There are innumerable branches, but I am unable to mention them all.
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Vijaya Paṇḍita and Śrīrāma Paṇḍita were two important branches of Advaita Ācārya. The branches are too numerous for the author to mention them all.
Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita was an incarnation of Nārada Muni.
Śrīrāma Paṇḍita was Śrīvāsa’s younger brother. He is accepted as an incarnation of Parvata Muni, Nārada Muni’s most intimate friend.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “branches”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does hearing of innumerable branches deepen my appreciation for Advaita Ācārya’s followers?
Write down the names of the two important branches mentioned here and one detail about Śrīrāma Paṇḍita.
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