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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.74
নিত্যানন্দ গোসাঞি সাক্ষাৎ হলধর ।
অদ্বৈত আচার্য গোসাঞি সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর ॥ ৭৪ ॥
nityānanda gosāñi sākṣāt haladhara
advaita ācārya gosāñi sākṣāt īśvara
Śrī Nityānanda Gosāñi is directly Haladhara [Lord Balarāma], and Advaita Ācārya is the Personality of Godhead Himself.
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Śrī Nityānanda Gosāñi is directly Haladhara.
Haladhara is Lord Balarāma; the translation identifies Śrī Nityānanda Gosāñi with Him directly.
Advaita Ācārya is the Personality of Godhead Himself.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
Advaita Ācārya was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya’s father. He felt sorry for the condition of the world because even after Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, no one had interest in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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