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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.9
কেহ ত’ আচার্য আজ্ঞায়, কেহ ত’ স্বতন্ত্র ।
স্বমত কল্পনা করে দৈব–পরতন্ত্র ॥ ৯ ॥
keha ta’ ācārya ājñāya, keha ta’ svatantra
sva-mata kalpanā kare daiva-paratantra
Some of the disciples strictly accepted the orders of the ācārya, and others deviated, independently concocting their own opinions under the spell of daivī-māyā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Some disciples strictly accepted the orders of the ācārya. Others independently concocted opinions under the spell of daivī-māyā.
Division begins when disciples do not accept the order of their spiritual master. Opinions different from the spiritual master's opinion are useless for spiritual advancement.
Materially concocted ideas cannot be brought into spiritual advancement. Adjusting spiritual advancement to material ideas is deviation.
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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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where might I be substituting my own opinion for an instruction I have received?
Review one instruction from your spiritual master and consider whether you are following it without adding your own adjustments.
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