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Expansions of Advaita Ācārya
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TRANSLATION
It should be concluded, therefore, that the path of Acyutānanda is the essence of spiritual life. Those who did not follow this path simply scattered.
TEXT 76
সেই আচার্যগণে মোর কোটি নমকার । অচ্যুতানন্দ-প্রায়, চৈতন্য—জীবন যাঁহার ॥ ৭৬ ॥
sei ācārya-gaṇe mora koṭi namaskāra acyutānanda-prāya, caitanya—jīvana yāṅhāra
SYNONYMS
sei —those;  ācārya-gaṇe —unto the spiritual masters;  mora —my;  koṭi —millions;  namaskāra —obeisances;  acyutānanda-prāya —almost as good as Acyutānanda;  caitanya —Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  jīvana —life;  yāṅhāra —whose.
TRANSLATION
I therefore offer my respectful obeisances millions of times to the actual followers of Acyutānanda whose life and soul were Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TEXT 77
এই ত’ কহিলাঙ আচার্য-গোসাঞ্জির গণ । তিন ক্ষক-শাখার কৈল সংক্ষেপ গণন ॥ ৭৭ ॥
ei ta’ kahilāṅ ācārya-gosāñira gaṇa tina skandha-śākhāra kaila saṅkṣepa gaṇana
SYNONYMS
ei ta’ —thus;  kahilāṅ —I have spoken;  ācārya —Advaita Ācārya;  gosāñira —of the spiritual master;  gaṇa —descendants;  tina —three;  skandha —of the trunk;  śākhāra —of branches;  kaila —was done;  saṅkṣepa —in brief;  gaṇana —counting.
TRANSLATION
Thus I have briefly described the three branches [Acyutānanda, Kṛṣṇa Miśra and Gopāla] of Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s descendants.
TEXT 78
শাখা-উপশাখা, তার নাহিক গণন । কিছুমাত্র কহি’ করি দিগ্দরগন ॥ ৭৮ ॥