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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
“You are a sannyāsī. Why then do You indulge in chanting and dancing, engaging in Your saṅkīrtana movement in the company of fanatics?
PURPORT
This is a challenge by Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura writes in his  Anubhāṣya  that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the object of Vedānta philosophical research, has very kindly determined who is an appropriate candidate for study of Vedānta philosophy. The first qualification of such a candidate is expressed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His  Śikṣāṣṭaka :
tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ
This statement indicates that one can hear or speak about Vedānta philosophy through the disciplinary succession. One must be very humble and meek, more tolerant than a tree and more humble than the grass. One should not claim respect for himself but should be prepared to give all respect to others. One must have these qualifications to be eligible to understand Vedic knowledge.
TEXT 69
বেদান্ত-পঠন, ধ্যান, -সন্ন্যাসীর ধর্ম। তাহা ছাড়ি’ কর কেনে ভাবুকের কর্ম ॥ ৬৯ ॥
vedānta-paṭhana, dhyāna,—sannyāsīra dharma tāhā chāḍi’ kara kene bhāvukera karma
SYNONYMS
vedānta-paṭhana —studying Vedānta philosophy;  dhyāna —meditation;  sannyāsīra —of a  sannyāsī ;  dharma —duties;  tāhā chāḍi’ —giving them up;  kara —You do;  kene —why;  bhāvukera —of the fanatics;  karma —activities.
TRANSLATION
“Meditation and the study of Vedānta are the sole duties of a sannyāsī. Why do You abandon these to dance with fanatics?
PURPORT
As explained in regard to verse 41, Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  do not approve of chanting and dancing. Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, like Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, misunderstood Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be a misled young  sannyāsī , and therefore he