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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
sannyāsi-buddhye more karibe namaskāra tathāpi khaṇḍibe duḥkha, pāibe nistāra
SYNONYMS
sannyāsi-buddhye —by consideration of a  sannyāsī ;  more —unto Me;  karibe —they will;  namaskāra —offer obeisances;  tathāpi —therefore;  khaṇḍibe —will diminish;  duḥkha —distress;  pāibe —will get;  nistāra —liberation.
TRANSLATION
If a person offers obeisances to Lord Caitanya, even due to accepting Him only as an ordinary  sannyāsī , his material distresses will diminish, and he will ultimately get liberation.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that He always thinks of how to liberate the conditioned souls from the material platform. It is for this reason that Kṛṣṇa incarnates, as clearly indicated in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.” (Bg. 4.7) Kṛṣṇa always protects the living entities in many ways. He comes Himself, He sends His own confidential devotees, and He leaves behind Him  śāstras  like  Bhagavad-gītā . Why? It is so that people may take advantage of the benediction to be liberated from the clutches of  māyā . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted  sannyāsa  so that even a foolish person who accepted Him as an ordinary  sannyāsī  would offer Him respect, for this would help diminish his material distresses and ultimately liberate him from the material clutches. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī points out in this connection that Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the combined form of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa ( mahāprabhu śrī-caitanya, rādhā-kṛṣṇa—nahe anya ). Therefore when fools considered Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be an ordinary human being and thus treated Him disrespectfully, the merciful Lord, in order to deliver these offenders, accepted  sannyāsa  so that they would offer Him obeisances, accepting Him as a  sannyāsī . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted  sannyāsa  to bestow His great mercy on people in general who cannot appreciate Him as Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Themselves.
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