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  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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.46Madhya 25.48

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.47

“আচার্যের আগ্রহ — ‘অদ্বৈতবাদ’ স্থাপিতে ।

তাতে সূত্রার্থ ব্যাখ্যা করে অন্য রীতে ॥ ৪৭ ॥

“ācāryera āgraha — ‘advaita-vāda’ sthāpite

tāte sūtrārtha vyākhyā kare anya rīte

Translation

Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī said, “Śaṅkarācārya was very eager to establish the philosophy of monism. Therefore he explained the Vedānta-sūtra, or Vedānta philosophy, in a different way to support monistic philosophy.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Do Not Force Scripture Into a Theory

  1. 1

    Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī says that Śaṅkarācārya was very eager to establish monism.

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    To support that philosophy, Śaṅkarācārya explained the Vedānta-sūtra in a different way.

  3. 3

    The verse identifies how a prior commitment to a philosophy shaped his explanation of scripture.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

By and by, one of the disciples of the great sannyāsī Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī became devoted to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this devotee explained Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and supported His views with various arguments. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācāryeraof Śaṅkarācārya
  2. āgrahathe eagerness
  3. advaita-vādamonism
  4. sthāpiteto establish
  5. tātefor that reason
  6. sūtra-arthathe meaning of the Brahma-sūtra, or Vedānta philosophy
  7. vyākhyāexplanation
  8. karedoes
  9. anya rītein a different way
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I listen to scripture’s teaching, or look only for support for what I already believe?

Practice

Before rereading this verse, note one assumption you bring to it; then distinguish that assumption from what the translation says.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayDo Not Force Scripture Into a TheoryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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