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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-lilā, Ch. 11]
TEXT 24
প্রভু কহে,—“বুদ্ধ হইলা ‘সংখ্যা’ অল্প কর ।
সিদ্ধ-দেহ তুমি, সাধনে আগ্রহ কেনে কর ? ২৪ ॥
prabhu kahe,—“vṛddha ha-ilā ‘saṅkhyā’ alpa kara siddha-deha tumi, sādhane āgraha kene kara?
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said;  vṛddha ha-ilā —you have become old;  saṅkhyā alpa kara —reduce your number;  siddha-deha tumi —you are already liberated;  sādhane —in the regulative principles;  āgraha kene kara —why are you eager.
TRANSLATION
“Now that you have become old,” the Lord said, “you may reduce the number of rounds you chant daily. You are already liberated, and therefore you need not follow the regulative principles very strictly.
PURPORT
Unless one has come to the platform of spontaneous love of God, he must follow the regulative principles. Thākura Haridāsa was the living example of how to follow the regulative principles. Similarly, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was also such a living example. In the  Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka  it is stated:  saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānikṛtau . The Gosvāmīs, especially Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, strictly followed all the regulative principles. The first regulative principle is that one must chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  loudly enough so that he can hear himself, and one must vow to chant a fixed number of rounds. Not only was Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī chanting a fixed number of rounds, but he had also taken a vow to bow down many times and offer obeisances to the Lord.
TEXT 25
লোক নিস্তারিতে এই তোমার ‘অবতার’ ।
নামের মহিমা লোকে করিলা প্রচার ॥ ২৫ ॥
loka nistārite ei tomāra ‘avatāra’ nāmera mahimā loke karilā pracāra
SYNONYMS
loka nistārite —to deliver the people in general;  ei —this;  tomāra avatāra —your incarnation;  nāmera mahimā —the glories of the holy name;  loke —in this world;  karilā pracāra —you have preached.