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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.83
আচার্য কহে, — ইঁহার নাম অদ্বৈত আচার্য ।
মহাপ্রভুর মান্যপাত্র, সর্ব-শিরোধার্য ॥ ৮৩ ॥
ācārya kahe, — iṅhāra nāma advaita ācārya
mahāprabhura mānya-pātra, sarva-śirodhārya
Gopīnātha Ācārya replied, “His name is Advaita Ācārya. He is honored even by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and He is therefore the topmost devotee.
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Gopīnātha Ācārya identified Him as Advaita Ācārya.
Advaita Ācārya is honored even by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Gopīnātha Ācārya therefore described Him as the topmost devotee.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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How does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's honoring Advaita Ācārya deepen your appreciation of Him?
Write one sentence recalling why Advaita Ācārya is described as the topmost devotee.
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