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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.30

বৈষ্ণবের গুরু তেঁহো জগতের আর্য ।

দুইনাম–মিলনে হৈল ‘অদ্বৈত–আচার্য’ ॥ ৩০ ॥

vaiṣṇavera guru teṅho jagatera ārya

dui-nāma-milane haila ‘advaita-ācārya’

Translation

He is the spiritual master of all devotees and is the most revered personality in the world. By a combination of these two names, His name is Advaita Ācārya.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Follow Advaita Ācārya in Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Śrī Advaita Ācārya is the prime spiritual master of the Vaiṣṇavas.

  2. 2

    He is worshipable by all Vaiṣṇavas and is the most revered personality in the world.

  3. 3

    Vaiṣṇavas must follow in His footsteps. By doing so, one can actually engage in the devotional service of the Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Advaita Ācārya is the prime spiritual master of the Vaiṣṇavas, and He is worshipable by all Vaiṣṇavas.
  • Vaiṣṇavas must follow in the footsteps of Advaita Ācārya, for by so doing one can actually engage in the devotional service of the Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.

The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The truth of Advaita Ācārya has been described in two verses. It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vaiṣṇaveraof the devotees
  2. guruspiritual master
  3. teṅhoHe
  4. jagatera āryathe most respectable personality in the world
  5. dui-nāma-milaneby combining the two names
  6. hailathere was
  7. advaita-ācāryathe name Advaita Ācārya
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can your reverence for Advaita Ācārya lead toward following His example?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer of respect to Advaita Ācārya, asking to follow Him in devotional service.

Live this todayFollow Advaita Ācārya in Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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