Chapter 12

_The Expansions
of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita

Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives a summary of the Twelfth Chapter of Adi-lila in his
Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. This Twelfth Chapter describes the followers of Advaita
Prabhu, among whom the followers of Acyutananda, the son of Advaita Acarya, are
understood to be the pure followers who received the cream of the philosophy Sri
Advaita Acarya enunciated. Other so-called descendants and followers of Advaita
Acaryaare not to be recognized. This chapter also includes narrations concerning the
son of Advaita Acarya named Gopala Misra and Advaita Acarya’s servant named
Kamalakanta Visvasa. In his early life Gopala fainted during the cleansing of the
Gundica mandira at Jagannatha Puri and thus became a recipient of the mercy of
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The story of Kamalakanta Visvasa concerns his bor-
rowing three hundred rupees from Prataparudra Maharaja to clear the debts of
Advaita Acarya, for which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chastised him when He came
to know of it. Kamalakanta Visvasa was then purified by the request of Sri Advaita
Acarya. After describing the descendants of Advaita Acarya, the chapter concludes
by describing the followers of Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami.

TEXT 1
BUSS MISMLBlA AlaMiagcste fang |
FRSAAIATA MASTS caf COBHAM UII

advaitanghry-abja-bhrnigams tan sarasara-bhrto ‘khilan
hitva ’saran sara-bhrto naumi caitanya-jivanan

SYNONYMS

advaita-anghri—the lotus feet of Advaita Acarya; abja—lotus flower; bhrfiggn—
bumblebees; tdn—all of them; sdra-asdra—real and not real; bhrtah—accepting; akhilan
—all of them; Aitva—giving up; asdrdn—not real; sdra-bhrtah—those who are real;
naumi—offer my obeisances; caitanya-jivandn—whose life and soul were Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

The followers of Sri Advaita Prabhu were of two kinds. Some were real followers,
and the others were false. Rejecting the false followers, | offer my respectful obei-
