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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.54
‘মিশ্র পুরন্দর’ তাঁর মান্য, হেন জানি ।
পিতার সম্বন্ধে দোঁহাকে পূজ্য করি’ মানি ॥ ৫৪ ॥
‘miśra purandara’ tāṅra mānya, hena jāni
pitāra sambandhe doṅhāke pūjya kari’ māni
“Jagannātha Miśra Purandara was respected by my father. Thus because of their relationship with my father, I respect both Jagannātha Miśra and Nīlāmbara Cakravartī.”
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The Bhaṭṭācārya’s father respected Jagannātha Miśra Purandara.
The Bhaṭṭācārya himself respected Jagannātha Miśra.
He also respected Nīlāmbara Cakravartī because of their relationship with his father.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
His brother-in-law, Gopīnātha Ācārya, established that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself, but Sārvabhauma and his many disciples could not accept this. However, Gopīnātha Ācārya convinced Sārvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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In this verse: “relationship”
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Has someone in my family helped me appreciate a person worthy of respect?
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