Ādi-līlā, Chapter 7
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The Māyāvādi-sampradāya  sannyāsīs  are generally known as Vedāntīs, as if Vedānta were their monopoly. Actually, however, Vedāntī refers to a person who perfectly knows Kṛṣṇa. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo : “By all the  Vedas  it is Kṛṣṇa who is to be known.” (Bg. 15.15) The so-called Māyāvādī Vedāntīs do not know who Kṛṣṇa is; therefore their title of Vedāntī, or knower of Vedānta philosophy, is simply a pretension. Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  always think of themselves as real  sannyāsīs  and consider  sannyāsīs  of the Vaiṣṇava order to be  brahmacārīs . A  brahmacārī  is supposed to engage in the service of a  sannyāsī  and accept him as his  guru . Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  therefore declare themselves to be not only  gurus  but  jagad-gurus , or the spiritual masters of the entire world, although, of course, they cannot see the entire world. Sometimes they dress gorgeously and travel on the backs of elephants in processions, and thus they are always puffed up, accepting themselves as  jagad-gurus . Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, has explained that  jagad-guru  properly refers to one who is the controller of his tongue, mind, words, belly, genitals and anger.  Pṛthivīṁ sa śiṣyāt : such a  jagad-guru  is completely fit to make disciples all over the world. Due to false prestige, Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  who do not have these qualifications sometimes harass and blaspheme a Vaiṣṇava  sannyāsī  who humbly engages in the service of the Lord.
TEXT 65
আপনে প্রকাশানন্দ হাতেতে ধরিয়া।
বসাইলা সন্তামধ্যে সন্মান করিয়া ॥ ৬৫ ॥
āpane prakāśānanda hātete dhariyā vasāilā sabhā-madhye sammāna kariyā
SYNONYMS
āpane —personally;  prakāśānanda —Prakāśānanda;  hātete —by His hand;  dhariyā —capturing;  vasāilā —made Him sit;  sabhā-madhye —in the assembly of;  sammāna —with great respect;  kariyā —offering Him.
TRANSLATION
Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, however, caught Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally by the hand and seated Him with great respect in the midst of the assembly.
PURPORT
The respectful behavior of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī toward Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very much to be appreciated. Such behavior is calculated to be  ajñāta-sukṛti , or pious activities that one executes without his knowledge. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu very tactfully gave Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī an opportunity to ad-