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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-lilā, Ch. 17]
TEXT 266
প্রগতিতে হবে ইহার অপরাধ ক্ষয় । নির্মল হৃদয়ে ভক্তি করাইব উদয় ॥ ২৬৬ ॥
praṇatite ha'be ihāra aparādha kṣaya nirmala hṛdaye bhakti karāiba udaya
SYNONYMS
praṇatite —by offering obeisances;  ha'be —there will be;  ihāra —of such offenders;  aparādha —the offenses;  kṣaya —destruction;  nirmala —pure;  hṛdaye —in the heart;  bhakti —devotional service;  karāiba —I shall cause;  udaya —the rising.
TRANSLATION
“Offering obeisances will relieve them of all the reactions to their offenses. Then, by My grace, devotional service [bhakti] will awaken in their pure hearts.
PURPORT
According to Vedic injunctions, only a  brāhmaṇa  may be offered  sannyāsa . The Śaṅkara-sampradāya ( ekadaṇḍa-sannyāsa-sampradāya ) awards the  sannyāsa  order only to caste  brāhmaṇas , or born  brāhmaṇas , but in the Vaiṣṇava system even one not born in a  brāhmaṇa  family may be made a  brāhmaṇa  according to the direction of the  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa  ( tathā dīkṣā-vidhānena dvijatvaṁ jāyate nṛṇām ). Any person from any part of the world may be made a  brāhmaṇa  by the regular process of initiation, and when he follows brahminical behavior, observing the principle of abstaining from intoxication, illicit sex, meat-eating and gambling, he may be offered  sannyāsa . All the  sannyāsīs  in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, who are preaching all over the world, are regular  brāhmaṇa-sannyāsīs . Thus the so-called caste  brāhmaṇas  should not object to offering them respectful obeisances. By offering such obeisances, as recommended by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they will diminish their offenses and automatically awaken to their natural position of devotional service. As it is said,  nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema sādhya kabhu naya: kṛṣṇa-prema  can be awakened in a purified heart. The more we offer obeisances to  sannyāsīs , especially Vaiṣṇava  sannyāsīs , the more we diminish our offenses and purify our hearts. Only in a purified heart can  kṛṣṇa-prema  awaken. This is the process of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's cult, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
TEXT 267
এসব পাষণ্ঠীর তবে হইবে নিস্তার । আর কোন উপায় নাহি, এই যুক্তি সার ॥ ২৬৭ ॥
e-saba pāṣaṇḍīra tabe ha-ibe nistāra āra kona upāya nāhi, ei yukti sāra