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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.18
সর্বশাস্ত্রে কৃষ্ণভক্ত্যে নাহি যাঁর সম ।
অতএব ‘অদ্বৈত-আচার্য’ তাঁর নাম ॥ ১৮ ॥
sarva-śāstre kṛṣṇa-bhaktye nāhi yāṅra sama
ataeva ‘advaita-ācārya’ tāṅra nāma
“He is unparalleled in His understanding of all the revealed scriptures and the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore He is called Advaita Ācārya.
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Advaita Ācārya is unparalleled in His understanding of all the revealed scriptures.
His understanding also encompasses the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The verse connects these qualities with His name, Advaita Ācārya.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I study scripture, do I seek to understand devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Reread this verse and write down its two areas of Advaita Ācārya’s unparalleled understanding.
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