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not to enter the monastic order till he had acquired all the
learning required and available.
Resolving and promising his father accordingly, Kamala-
nayana came to Navadveepa, hoping to become a disciple of
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Arriving there he found that the Maha-
prabhu had gone away to Puri. Before he could leave for Puri,
he probably heard of the passing away of Sri Chaitanya. He
then started the advanced study of Nyaya under the great scholar
Hari Rāma Tarkavāgişa. A great devotee of Sri Krishna by.
temperament and upbringing, he came to believe that the Advaita
Siddhanta was the greatest obstacle to bhakti. So he determined
to study it thoroughly so that he could refute it completely and
advance the cause of bhakti.
For this purpose he went to Väraņāsi the great seat of
Advaita Vedanta where his mastery of Nyaya was readily recog-
nized and brought him great reputation and honour. He studied
the Advaita-vedänta under Madhava Sarasvati, the foremost of
the teachers of Advaita at Vāraṇāsi.
As the study proceeded, Kamalanayana, who began as a
confirmed adversary, studying the system so as to refute it
thoroughly, became a convinced convert to the Advaita view of
Reality, because of his keen intellect and a mind open to con-
viction. He was then overcome with remorse for the deceit he
had practised on the Guru to whom he had not revealed his
purpose at the beginning. In this repentant mood he confessed
his sin to the guru and requested him to prescribe a proper atone-
ment for it. The guru told him that sanyasa was the atone •
ment for everything and directed him to a brother monk, Visve-
svara Sarasvati for ordination as a monk.
Sri Visvesvara Sarasvati expressed his joy at getting such a
learned candidate for the monastic order but required him,
as a matter of form, to write something on the Advaita-vedānta,
so that his eligibility for ordination could be judged thereby. He
began his commentary on the Gita, the Gūdhartha-dipikā. What
was ready of it was shown to Sri Visveswara Sarasvati a few
months later when he returned from a pilgrimage; it was appro-
not to enter the monastic order till he had acquired all the
learning required and available.
Resolving and promising his father accordingly, Kamala-
nayana came to Navadveepa, hoping to become a disciple of
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Arriving there he found that the Maha-
prabhu had gone away to Puri. Before he could leave for Puri,
he probably heard of the passing away of Sri Chaitanya. He
then started the advanced study of Nyaya under the great scholar
Hari Rāma Tarkavāgişa. A great devotee of Sri Krishna by.
temperament and upbringing, he came to believe that the Advaita
Siddhanta was the greatest obstacle to bhakti. So he determined
to study it thoroughly so that he could refute it completely and
advance the cause of bhakti.
For this purpose he went to Väraņāsi the great seat of
Advaita Vedanta where his mastery of Nyaya was readily recog-
nized and brought him great reputation and honour. He studied
the Advaita-vedänta under Madhava Sarasvati, the foremost of
the teachers of Advaita at Vāraṇāsi.
As the study proceeded, Kamalanayana, who began as a
confirmed adversary, studying the system so as to refute it
thoroughly, became a convinced convert to the Advaita view of
Reality, because of his keen intellect and a mind open to con-
viction. He was then overcome with remorse for the deceit he
had practised on the Guru to whom he had not revealed his
purpose at the beginning. In this repentant mood he confessed
his sin to the guru and requested him to prescribe a proper atone-
ment for it. The guru told him that sanyasa was the atone •
ment for everything and directed him to a brother monk, Visve-
svara Sarasvati for ordination as a monk.
Sri Visvesvara Sarasvati expressed his joy at getting such a
learned candidate for the monastic order but required him,
as a matter of form, to write something on the Advaita-vedānta,
so that his eligibility for ordination could be judged thereby. He
began his commentary on the Gita, the Gūdhartha-dipikā. What
was ready of it was shown to Sri Visveswara Sarasvati a few
months later when he returned from a pilgrimage; it was appro-