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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.300
এই তীর্থে শঙ্করারণ্যের সিদ্ধিপ্রাপ্তি হৈল ।
প্রস্তাবে শ্রীরঙ্গ-পুরী এতেক কহিল ॥ ৩০০ ॥
ei tīrthe śaṅkarāraṇyera siddhi-prāpti haila
prastāve śrī-raṅga-purī eteka kahila
Śrī Raṅga Purī informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that the sannyāsī named Śaṅkarāraṇya had attained perfection in that holy place, Pāṇḍarapura.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s elder brother was Viśvarūpa. He left home before the Lord and accepted the sannyāsa order under the name Śaṅkarāraṇya Svāmī.
He traveled all over the country and finally went to Pāṇḍarapura, where He passed away after attaining perfection. He entered the spiritual world after giving up His mortal body there.
Śrī Raṅga Purī disclosed this important news to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was a disciple of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī and Godbrother of Īśvara Purī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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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