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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.66
আচার্য–গোসাঞিরে প্রভু করে গুরুভক্তি ।
তাহাতে আচার্য বড় হয় দুঃখমতি ॥ ৬৬ ॥
ācārya-gosāñire prabhu kare guru-bhakti
tāhāte ācārya baḍa haya duḥkha-mati
Lord Caitanya respected Advaita Ācārya as His spiritual master, but Advaita Ācārya Prabhu was greatly aggrieved by such behavior.
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Lord Caitanya showed respect to Advaita Ācārya.
He respected Advaita Ācārya as His spiritual master.
Advaita Ācārya Prabhu was greatly aggrieved by this behavior.
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:
Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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What surprises you about Advaita Ācārya’s response to being honored?
Reread the verse slowly, noting both the Lord’s respect and Advaita Ācārya’s distress without assuming an unstated reason.
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