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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 6.33

অদ্বৈত–আচার্য—ঈশ্বরের অংশবর্য ।

তাঁর তত্ত্ব–নাম–গুণ, সকল আশ্চর্য ॥ ৩৩ ॥

advaita-ācārya — īśvarera aṁśa-varya

tāṅra tattva-nāma-guṇa, sakali āścarya

Translation

Śrī Advaita Ācārya is the principal limb of the Supreme Lord. His truths, names and attributes are all wonderful.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Advaita Ācārya's Names and Attributes Are Wonderful

  1. 1

    Śrī Advaita Ācārya is the principal limb of the Supreme Lord.

  2. 2

    The truths concerning Him are wonderful.

  3. 3

    His names and attributes are also wonderful.

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. advaita-ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya Prabhu
  2. īśvareraof the Supreme Lord
  3. aṁśa-varyaprincipal part
  4. tāṅraHis
  5. tattvatruths
  6. nāmanames
  7. guṇaattributes
  8. sakaliall
  9. āścaryawonderful
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description invite you to appreciate Śrī Advaita Ācārya?

Practice

Read the translation aloud once, pausing to appreciate His wonderful names and attributes.

Live this todayAdvaita Ācārya's Names and Attributes Are WonderfulThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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