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Ššš  Califanva carifamrfa
[[Madhya-lila]] Ch 8
prabhu kahe,—“eho bāhya, āge kaha āra” rāva kahe. “svadharma-tvāga ——ei sādhva-sāra”
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —the Lord replied;  eho —this;  bāhya —external;  āge —ahead;  kaha —speak;  āra —more;  rāya kahe —Rāmānanda Rāya replied;  sva-dharma-tyāga —relinquishing one’s occupational duties;  ei —this;  sādhya-sāra —the essence of all perfection.
TRANSLATION
“This is also external,” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said. “Please proceed and speak further on this matter.” Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “To give up one’s occupational duties in the varnāśrama is the essence of perfection.”
PURPORT
A  brāhmaṇa  may renounce his family and accept  sannyāsa . Others also—  kṣatriyas  and  vaiśyas —may also give up their families and take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such renunciation is called  karma-tyāga . By such renunciation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is satisfied. However, this renouncing of one's activities to Kṛṣṇa is not uncontaminated and is therefore on the material platform. Such activities are considered within the material universe because, according to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they refer to the material universe and are therefore external. To correct this, Rāmānanda Rāya recommended that one take to the renounced order of life in order to transcend material activities. This is supported by the following verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.11.32).
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আজ্ঞা  ইয়েবং গুণান্ লোষান্মষ্টাদিষ্টানপি স্বকান্ ।।
१         १    (  बी    )न् सংख्याका यः सर्वान् प्रा१ ७७७२ स ठ सख्यः॥ ७२ ॥
ājñāyaivaṁ guṇān doṣān mayādiṣṭān api svakān dharmān saṁtyajya yaḥ sarvān māṁ bhajet sa ca sattamaḥ
SYNONYMS
ājñāya —knowing perfectly;  evam —thus;  guṇān —qualities;  doṣān —faults;  mayā —by Me;  ādiṣṭān —instructed;  api —although;  svakān —own;  dharmān —occupational duties;  saṁtyajya —giving up;  yaḥ —anyone who;  sarvān —all;  mām —unto Me;  bhajet —may render service;  saḥ —he;  ca —and;  sattamaḥ —a first-class person.