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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 64
প্রভু কহে,—আমি হই হীন-সম্প্রদায় ।
তোমা-সবার সভায় বসিতে না যুয়ায় ॥ ৬৪ ॥
prabhu kahe,—āmi ha-i hina-sampradāya tomā-sabāra sabhāya vasite nā yuyāya
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —the Lord replied;  āmi —I;  ha-i —am;  hīna-sampradāya —belonging to a lower spiritual school;  tomā-sabāra —of all of you;  sabhāya —in the assembly;  vasite —to sit down;  nā —never;  yuyāya —I can dare.
TRANSLATION
The Lord replied: “I belong to a lower order of sannyāsīs. Therefore I do not deserve to sit with you.”
PURPORT
Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  are always very puffed up because of their knowledge of Sanskrit and because they belong to the Śaṅkara-sampradāya. They are always under the impression that unless one is a  brāhmaṇa  and a very good Sanskrit scholar, especially in grammar, one cannot accept the renounced order of life nor become a preacher. Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  always misinterpret all the  śāstras  with their word jugglery and grammatical compositions, yet Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya himself condemned such jugglery of words in the verse,  prāpte sannihite khalu maraṇe nahi nahi rakṣati ḍukṛṅ-karaṇe .  Ḍukṛn  refers to suffixes and prefixes in Sanskrit grammar. Śaṅkarācārya warned his disciples that if they concerned themselves only with the principles of grammar, not worshiping Govinda, they were fools who would never be saved. Yet in spite of Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya’s instructions, foolish Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  are always busy juggling words on the basis of strict Sanskrit grammar.
Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  are very puffed up if they hold the elevated  sannyāsa  titles  tīrtha ,  āśrama , and  sarasvatī . Even among Māyāvādīs, those who belong to other  sampradāyas  and hold other titles such as Vana, Araṇya, Bhāratī, etc., are considered to be lower-grade  sannyāsīs . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted  sannyāsā  from the Bhāratī-sampradāya, and thus He considered Himself a lower  sannyāsī  than Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī. To remain distinct from Vaiṣṇava  sannyāsīs , the  sannyāsīs  of the Māyāvādi-sampradāya always think themselves to be situated in a very elevated spiritual order, but Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in order to teach them how to become humble and meek, accepted Himself as belonging to a lower  sampradāya  of  sannyāsīs . Thus He wanted to point out clearly that a  sannyāsī  is one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge. One who is advanced in spiritual knowledge should be accepted as occupying a better position than those who lack such knowledge.