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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.7
মহাবিষ্ণু সৃষ্টি করেন জগদাদি কার্য ।
তাঁর অবতার সাক্ষাৎ অদ্বৈত আচার্য ॥ ৭ ॥
mahā-viṣṇu sṛṣṭi karena jagad-ādi kārya
tāṅra avatāra sākṣāt advaita ācārya
Mahā-Viṣṇu performs all the functions for the creation of the universes. Śrī Advaita Ācārya is His direct incarnation.
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Mahā-Viṣṇu performs the functions needed for the creation of the universes.
All these functions of creation are performed by Him.
Śrī Advaita Ācārya is Mahā-Viṣṇu’s direct incarnation.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita. That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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