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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.299
তাঁর এক যোগ্য পুত্র করিয়াছে সন্ন্যাস ।
‘শঙ্করারণ্য’ নাম তাঁর অল্প বয়স ॥ ২৯৯ ॥
tāṅra eka yogya putra kariyāche sannyāsa
‘śaṅkarāraṇya’ nāma tāṅra alpa vayasa
Śrī Raṅga Purī also remembered that one of her deserving sons had accepted the renounced order at a very young age. His name was Śaṅkarāraṇya.
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Śrī Raṅga Purī remembered one of her deserving sons.
This son had accepted the renounced order at a very young age.
His name was Śaṅkarāraṇya.
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:
At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What strikes you about Śaṅkarāraṇya accepting the renounced order so young?
Write one sentence recalling Śaṅkarāraṇya’s name and the step he took at a young age.
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