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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 Antya 6.162

অদ্বৈত-আচার্যের তেঁহ ‘শিষ্য অন্তরঙ্গ’ ।

আচার্য-আজ্ঞাতে মানে — চৈতন্য ‘প্রাণধন’ ॥ ১৬২ ॥

advaita-ācāryera teṅha ‘śiṣya antaraṅga’

ācārya-ājñāte māne — caitanya ‘prāṇa-dhana’

Translation

Yadunandana Ācārya had been officially initiated by Advaita Ācārya. Thus he considered Lord Caitanya his life and soul.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Is Not Determined by Birth

  1. 1

    Yadunandana Ācārya was an initiated disciple of Advaita Ācārya and considered Lord Caitanya his life and soul.

  2. 2

    The purport distinguishes him from those who claim to follow Advaita Ācārya but do not accept Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Yadunandana Ācārya did not classify Vaiṣṇavas according to birth. He also accepted Vāsudeva Datta as his spiritual master, although Vāsudeva Datta was not born in a brāhmaṇa family.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that although the atheists who have deviated from the order of Śrī Advaita Ācārya introduce themselves as followers of Advaita Ācārya, they do not accept Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
  • Yadunandana Ācārya, one of the most confidential followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was the initiated disciple of Advaita Ācārya.
  • Therefore, although Vāsudeva Datta had not been born in a brāhmaṇa family, Yadunandana Ācārya also accepted him as his spiritual master.

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

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

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

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away. Not touching the general path, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī secretly went to Jagannātha Purī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. advaita-ācāryeraof Advaita Ācārya
  2. teṅhaYadunandana Ācārya
  3. śiṣyadisciple
  4. antaraṅgavery confidential
  5. ācārya-ājñāteby the order of Advaita Ācārya
  6. mānehe accepted
  7. caitanya prāṇa-dhanaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as his life and soul
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I allow someone’s birth or family background to shape my respect for their devotion?

Practice

Today, notice one devotee’s devotion without judging their family background.

Live this todayDevotion Is Not Determined by BirthThis 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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