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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.75
অচ্যুতের যেই মত, সেই মত সার ।
আর যত মত সব হৈল ছারখার ॥ ৭৫ ॥
acyutera yei mata, sei mata sāra
āra yata mata saba haila chārakhāra
It should be concluded, therefore, that the path of Acyutānanda is the essence of spiritual life. Those who did not follow this path simply scattered.
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The path of Acyutānanda is presented as the essence of spiritual life.
The reader is asked to accept this as the conclusion.
Those who did not follow this path simply scattered.
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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