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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.156
পুরী-গোসাঞি, মহাপ্রভু, ভারতী ব্রহ্মানন্দ ।
অদ্বৈত-আচার্য, আর প্রভু-নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
purī-gosāñi, mahāprabhu, bhāratī brahmānanda
advaita-ācārya, āra prabhu-nityānanda
Among the devotees present with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were Paramānanda Purī, Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu.
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Paramānanda Purī was among the devotees present with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Brahmānanda Bhāratī was also present.
Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu were there with Him as well.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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 answer to this humorous statement, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu replied that Advaita Ācārya was a monist and that one could not know how his mind could be turned by eating with such an impersonalist. The conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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