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ර්  ආශ්‍රිත වාර්තාවලින් ප්‍රවාහනය කරනු ලබන අතර එය විශ්වාස කරනු ලබන අතර එය විශ්වාස කරනු ලබන අතර එය විශ්වාස කරනු ලබන අතර එය විශ්වා
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 6]
gopīnātha kahe, —iṅhāra nāhi bāhyāpekṣā ataeva baḍa sampradāyera nāhika apekṣā
SYNONYMS
gopīnātha kahe —Gopīnātha Ācārya replied;  iṅhāra —of the Lord;  nāhi —there is not;  bāhya-apekṣā —dependence on any external formality;  ataeva —therefore;  baḍa —big;  sampradāyera —of a community;  nāhika —there is not;  apekṣā —necessity.
TRANSLATION
Gopīnātha Ācārya replied: “Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu does not rely on any external formality. There is no need for Him to accept the sannyāsa order from a superior sampradāya.”
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted  sannyāsa  from the Bhāratī  sampradāya  (community), which belongs to the disciplic succession of Śaṅkarācārya. Śaṅkarācārya introduced names for his  sannyāsa  disciples, and these are ten in number. Out of these, the surnames Tīrtha, Āśrama and Sarasvatī are considered topmost. In the monastery at Śṛṅgerī, the surname Sarasvatī is considered first class, Bhāratī second class and Purī third class. A  sannyāsī  who has very nicely understood the slogan  tat tvam asi  and who takes his bath at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī is called a Tīrtha. A person who is very eager to accept  sannyāsa , who is detached from worldly activities, who has no desire for any kind of material facilities and who is thus saved from repeated birth and death is known as Āśrama. When a  sannyāsī  lives in a beautiful, solitary place in the forest and is freed from all material desires, he is called Vana. A  sannyāsī  who always lives in the forest and renounces all connection with the world in order to be elevated to the heavenly planets, where he can live in the  nandana-kānana , is called Araṇya. One who prefers living in the mountains engaging in the study of  Bhagavad-gītā  and whose intelligence is fixed is called Giri. One who prefers living in great mountains, even among ferocious animals, to attain the summit of philosophical speculation (understanding that the essence of this material world is useless) is called Parvata. A  sannyāsī  who has dipped into the ocean of the Absolute Truth and collected some valuable stones of knowledge from that ocean, who never falls from the regulative principles of a  sannyāsī , is called Sāgara. One who has learned the classical art of music, who engages in its culture and who has become expert and completely aloof from material attachment is called Sarasvatī. Sarasvatī is the goddess of music and learning, and in one hand she holds a musical instrument called a  vīṇā . A  sannyāsī  who is always engaged in music for spiritual elevation is called Sarasvatī. One who has become completel