474 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
SYNONYMS
advaita acarya—Sri Advaita Acarya; nityananda—Lord Nityananda; dui ahga—two
limbs of the Lord; dui-jana lafidg—taking the two of Them; prabhura—of Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yata—all; kichu—some; ranga—playful activities.
TRANSLATION
Sri Advaita Acarya and Srila Nityananda Prabhu, who are plenary parts of the
Lord, are His principal associates. With these two the Lord performs His pastimes
in various ways.
TEXT 147
TIS-VBIS-cattifiae Hiepte, SA |
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advaita-acarya-gosani saksat isvara
prabhu guru kari’ mane, tinho ta’ kirikara
SYNONYMS
advaita-dcarya—of the name Advaita Acarya; gosami—the Lord; saksat isvara—di-
rectly the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
guru kari’ mdne—accepts Him as His teacher; tinho ta’ kinkara—but He is the
servant.
TRANSLATION
Lord Advaita Acarya is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although
Lord Caitanya accepts Him as His preceptor, Advaita Acarya is a servant of the Lord.
PURPORT
Lord Caitanya always offered respects to Advaita Prabhu as He would to His
father because Advaita was even older than His father; yet Advaita Prabhu always
considered Himself a servant of Lord Caitanya. Sri Advaita Prabhu and Iévara Purt,
Lord Caitanya’s spiritual master, were both disciples of Madhavendra Puri, who was
also the spiritual master of Nityananda Prabhu. Thus Advaita Prabhu, as Lord
Caitanya’s spiritual uncle, was always to be respected because one should respect
Qne’s spiritual master’s Godbrothers as one respects one’s spiritual master. Because
of all these considerations, Sri. Advaita Prabhu was superior to Lord Caitanya, yet
Advaita Prabhu considered Himself Lord Caitanya’s subordinate.
TEXT 148
BoI-carifaoy SY A WH Bee |
Fy Vasily clcel Sth Yaa ti sey
dcarya-gosdnira tattva nd yaya kathana
krsna avatari yenho tarila bhuvana
