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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.319
যষ্ঠ পরিচ্ছেদে ‘অদ্বৈত–তত্ত্বে’র বিচার ।
অদ্বৈত–আচার্য—মহাবিষ্ণু–অবতার ॥ ৩১৯ ॥
ṣaṣṭha paricchede ‘advaita-tattve’ra vicāra
advaita-ācārya — mahā-viṣṇu-avatāra
The sixth chapter considers the truth of Advaita Ācārya. He is an incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The sixth chapter considers the truth of Advaita Ācārya.
Advaita Ācārya is an incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
His identity as an incarnation is central to this chapter’s subject.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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 same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life. It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse teach me about Advaita Ācārya’s identity?
Write one sentence recalling that Advaita Ācārya is an incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
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