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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.157
আচার্যরত্ন, আচার্যনিধি, শ্রীবাস, গদাধর ।
শঙ্কর, নন্দনাচার্য, আর রাঘব, বক্রেশ্বর ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
ācāryaratna, ācāryanidhi, śrīvāsa, gadādhara
śaṅkara, nandanācārya, āra rāghava, vakreśvara
Ācāryaratna, Ācāryanidhi, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Śaṅkara, Nandanācārya, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Vakreśvara were also present.
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Ācāryaratna, Ācāryanidhi and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura were present.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Śaṅkara and Nandanācārya were also there.
Rāghava Paṇḍita and Vakreśvara were present as well.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Advaita Prabhu said that Nityānanda Prabhu was unknown to anyone and that it was not the duty of a householder brāhmaṇa to accept dinner with a person unknown in society. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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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: “nandanācārya”
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