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රේ ට Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 4]
ārati dekhiyā purī kaila namaskāra bāhire āilā, kāre kichu nā kahila āra
SYNONYMS
ārati   dekhiyā —after seeing the  ārati ;  purī —Mādhavendra Purī;  kaila —offered;  namaskāra —obeisances;  bāhire   āilā —he went out;  kāre —to anyone;  kichu —anything;  nā —not;  kahila —say;  āra —more.
TRANSLATION
After the ārati was finished, Mādhavendra Purī offered his obeisances to the Deity and then left the temple. He did not say anything more to anyone.
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অসাচিত-ব্রতি পুরী —বিরক্ত, উদাস ।।
অষাচিত পাইলে খা'ন, নচে উপবাস ॥ ১২৩ ॥
ayācita-vṛtti purī—virakta, udāsa ayācita pāile khāʼna, nahe upavāsa
SYNONYMS
ayācita - vṛṭti —accustomed to avoid begging;  purī —Mādhavendra Purī;  virak-ta —unattached;  udāsa —indifferent;  ayācita —without begging;  pāile —if getting;  khā’na —he eats;  nahe —if not;  upavāsa —fasting.
TRANSLATION
Mādhavendra Purī avoided begging. He was completely unattached and indifferent to material things. He would not beg. If someone offered him some food, he would eat; otherwise he would fast.
PURPORT
This is the  paramahaṁsa  stage, the highest stage for a  sannyāsī . A  sannyāsī  can beg from door to door just to collect food, but a  paramahaṁsa  who has taken  ayācita-vṛtti , or  ajagara-vṛtti , does not ask anyone for food. If someone offers him food voluntarily, he eats.  Ayācita-vṛtti  means being accustomed to refrain from begging, and  ajagara-vṛtti  indicates one who is compared to a python, the big snake that makes no effort to acquire food, but rather allows food to come automatically within its mouth. In other words, a  paramahaṁsa  simply engages exclusively in the service of the Lord, without caring even for eating or sleeping. It was stated about the six Gosvāmīs:  nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau . In the  paramahaṁsa  stage one conquers the desire for sleep, food and sense gratifica-