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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.8
প্রথমে ত’ একমত আচার্যের গণ ।
পাছে দুইমত হৈল দৈবের কারণ ॥ ৮ ॥
prathame ta’ eka-mata ācāryera gaṇa
pāche dui-mata haila daivera kāraṇa
At first all the followers of Advaita Ācārya shared a single opinion. But later they followed two different opinions, as ordained by providence.
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Advaita Ācārya’s followers first shared one opinion, but later divided into two parties. The words daivera kāraṇa indicate providence, or God’s will.
The purport describes a similar disagreement in the Gauḍīya Maṭha: one party strictly followed Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s instructions, while another created its own concoction about his desires.
He requested a governing body and cooperative missionary work, not a particular successor as ācārya. Those who sought that post without authority split into two factions; both were called asāra, or useless, for disobeying his order.
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:
The twelfth chapter describes the followers of Advaita Prabhu, among whom the followers of Acyutānanda, the son of Advaita Ācārya, are understood to be the pure followers who received the cream of the philosophy Śrī Advaita Ācārya enunciated. Other so-called descendants and followers of Advaita Ācārya are not to be recognized.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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In this verse: “followers”, “party”
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Write down the instruction to form a governing body and work cooperatively, alongside the unauthorized action described in the purport.
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