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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 12]
TEXT 72
কি পণ্ডিত, কি তপস্বী, কিবা গৃহী, যতি । চৈতন্য-বিমুখ যেই, তার এই গতি ॥ ৭২ ॥
ki paṇḍita, ki tapasvī, kibā gṛhī, yati caitanya-vimukha yei, tāra ei gati
SYNONYMS
ki paṇḍita —whether a learned scholar;  ki tapasvī —whether a great ascetic;  kibā —or;  gṛhī —householder;  yati —or  sannyāsī ;  caitanya-vimukha —one who is against the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  yei —anyone;  tāra —his;  ei —this;  gati —destination.
TRANSLATION
Be one a learned scholar, a great ascetic, a successful householder or a famous sannyāsī, if one is against the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he is destined to suffer the punishment meted out by Yamarāja.
TEXT 73
যে যে লৈল শ্রীঅচ্যুতানন্দের মত । সেই আচার্যের গণ—মহাভাগবত ॥ ৭৩ ॥
ye ye laila śrī-acyutānandera mata sei ācāryera gaṇa—mahā-bhāgavata
SYNONYMS
ye ye —anyone who;  laila —accepted;  śrī-acyutānandera —of Śrī Acyutānanda;  mata —the path;  sei —those;  ācāryera gaṇa —descendants of Advaita Ācārya;  mahā-bhāgavata —are all great devotees.
TRANSLATION
The descendants of Advaita Ācārya who accepted the path of Śrī Acyutānanda were all great devotees.
PURPORT
In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ţhākura, in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya , gives this short note: “Śrī Advaita Ācārya is one of the important trunks of the  bhakti-kalpataru , or desire tree of devotional service. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as a gardener, poured water on the root of the  bhakti  tree and thus nourished all its trunks and branches. But nevertheless, under the spell of  māyā , the most unfortunate condition of a living entity, some of the branches, not accepting the gardener who poured water on them, considered the trunk the only cause of the great  bhakti-