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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.254
তত্ত্ববাদী আচার্য — সব শাস্ত্রেতে প্রবীণ ।
তাঁরে প্রশ্ন কৈল প্রভু হঞা যেন দীন ॥ ২৫৪ ॥
tattvavādī ācārya — saba śāstrete pravīṇa
tāṅre praśna kaila prabhu hañā yena dīna
The chief ācārya of the Tattvavāda community was very learned in the revealed scriptures. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu humbly questioned him.
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The chief ācārya belonged to the Tattvavāda community.
He was very learned in the revealed scriptures.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu humbly questioned him.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
The Lord next visited Phalgu-tīrtha, Tritakūpa, Pañcāpsarā, Sūrpāraka and Kolāpura. At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I ask questions humbly when speaking with someone learned in scripture?
Write one sincere question about scripture in a humble, respectful way.
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