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Expansions of Advaita Ācārya
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PURPORT
Here is the opinion of Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. Persons who strictly follow the orders of the spiritual master are useful in executing the will of the Supreme, whereas persons who deviate from the strict order of the spiritual master are useless.
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অসারের নামে ইহাঁ নাহি প্রয়োজন ।
ভেদ জানিবারে করি একত্র গণন ॥ ১১ ॥
asārera nāme ihāṅ nāhi prayojana bheda jānibāre kari ekatra gaṇana
SYNONYMS
asārera —of the useless persons;  nāme —in their name;  ihāṅ —in this connection;  nāhi —there is no;  prayojana —use;  bheda —differences;  jānibāre —to know;  kari —I do;  ekatra —in one list;  gaṇana —counting.
TRANSLATION
There is no need to name those who are useless. I have mentioned them only to distinguish them from the useful devotees.
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ধাত্মরাশি মাপে যৈছে পাত্না সহিতে ।
পশ্চাতে পাত্না উড়াঞা সংস্কার করিতে ॥ ১২ ॥
dhānya-rāśi māpe yaiche pātnā sahite paścāte pātnā uḍāñā saṁskāra karite
SYNONYMS
dhānya-rāśi —heaps of paddy;  māpe —measures;  yaiche —as it is;  pātnā —useless straw;  sahite —with;  paścāte —later;  pātnā —useless straw;  uḍāñā —fanning;  saṁskāra —purification;  karite —to do.
TRANSLATION
Paddy is mixed with straw at first, and one must fan it to separate the paddy from the straw.
PURPORT
This example given by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī is very appropriate. In the case of the Gauḍīya Maṭha members, one can apply a similar process. There are many disciples of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, but to judge who is actually his