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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.76
সেই আচার্যগণে মোর কোটি নমস্কার ।
অচ্যুতানন্দ–প্রায়, চৈতন্য—জীবন যাঁহার ॥ ৭৬ ॥
sei ācārya-gaṇe mora koṭi namaskāra
acyutānanda-prāya, caitanya — jīvana yāṅhāra
I therefore offer my respectful obeisances millions of times to Acyutānanda’s actual followers, whose life and soul was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The author offers respectful obeisances to Acyutānanda’s actual followers.
He offers these obeisances millions of times, expressing deep respect.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the life and soul of these followers.
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:
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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In this verse: “followers”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I appreciate about devotees whose life and soul is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Offer a respectful bow to Acyutānanda’s followers, remembering their devotion to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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