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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.77

এই ত’ কহিলাঙ আচার্য–গোসাঞির গণ ।

তিন স্কন্ধ–শাখার কৈল সংক্ষেপ গণন ॥ ৭৭ ॥

ei ta’ kahilāṅ ācārya-gosāñira gaṇa

tina skandha-śākhāra kaila saṅkṣepa gaṇana

Translation

Thus I have briefly described the three branches [Acyutānanda, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla] of Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s descendants.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remember Advaita Ācārya’s Three Branches

  1. 1

    The author has described three branches of Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s descendants.

  2. 2

    These three branches are Acyutānanda, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla.

  3. 3

    The description is brief rather than extensive.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 12: The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei ta’thus
  2. kahilāṅI have spoken
  3. ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya
  4. gosāñiraof the spiritual master
  5. gaṇadescendants
  6. tinathree
  7. skandhaof the trunk
  8. śākhāraof branches
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “branches”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these three names can I recall from the description?

Practice

Read the names Acyutānanda, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla aloud once, remembering them as Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s three branches.

Live this todayRemember Advaita Ācārya’s Three BranchesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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