CC Antya 6.162
Bengali
অদ্বৈত-আচার্যের তেঁহ ‘শিষ্য অন্তরঙ্গ’ ।
আচার্য-আজ্ঞাতে মানে — চৈতন্য ‘প্রাণধন’ ॥ ১৬২ ॥
আচার্য-আজ্ঞাতে মানে — চৈতন্য ‘প্রাণধন’ ॥ ১৬২ ॥
Verse text
advaita-ācāryera teṅha ‘śiṣya antaraṅga’
ācārya-ājñāte māne — caitanya ‘prāṇa-dhana’
ācārya-ājñāte māne — caitanya ‘prāṇa-dhana’
Synonyms
Translation
Yadunandana Ācārya had been officially initiated by Advaita Ācārya. Thus he considered Lord Caitanya his life and soul.
Purport
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that although the atheists who have deviated from the order of Śrī Advaita Ācārya introduce themselves as followers of Advaita Ācārya, they do not accept Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Yadunandana Ācārya, one of the most confidential followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was the initiated disciple of Advaita Ācārya. He was not polluted by sentimental distinctions classifying Vaiṣṇavas according to birth. Therefore, although Vāsudeva Datta had not been born in a brāhmaṇa family, Yadunandana Ācārya also accepted him as his spiritual master.