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Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 10
TRANSLATION
He was very enthusiastic to worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa without disturbance; therefore it was almost in madness that he accepted the sannvāsa order.
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সন্ন্যাস করিল। শিখ!-সূত্রভ্যাগ-রূপ । 
যোগপট্ট না নিল, নাম তৈল ‘স্বরূপ’ ॥ ১০৮ ॥
sannyāsa karilā śikhā-sūtra-tyāga-rūpa yoga-paṭṭa nā nila, nāma haila ‘svarūpa’
SYNONYMS
sannyāsa   karilā —accepted the  sannyāsa  order;  śikhā —tuft of hair;  sūtra —sacred thread;  tyāga —giving up;  rūpa —in the form of;  yoga-paṭṭa —saffron colored dress;  nā   nila —did not accept;  nāma —name;  haila —was;  svarūpa —Svarūpa.
TRANSLATION
Upon accepting sannyāsa, Puruṣottama Ācārya followed the regulative principles by giving up his tuft of hair and sacred thread, but he did not accept the saffron colored dress. Also, he did not accept a sannyāsī title but remained as a naiṣṭhika-brahmacārī.
PURPORT
There are regulative principles governing the renounced order. One has to perform eight kinds of  śrāddha . One must offer oblations to one's forefathers and perform the sacrifice of  virajā-homa . Then one must cut off the tuft of hair called a  śikhā  and also give up the sacred thread. These are preliminary processes in the acceptance of  sannyāsa , and  Svarūpa Dāmodara  accepted all these. However, Puruṣottama Ācārya did not accept the saffron color, a  sannyāsī  name or a  daṇḍa . He retained his  brahmacārī  name. Actually Puruṣottama Ācārya did not accept the  sannyāsa  order formally, but he renounced worldly life. He did not want to be disturbed by the formality of the  sannyāsa  order. He simply wanted to worship Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa without disturbance; therefore with heart and soul he took up the renounced order but not the formalities accompanying it. Renunciation means not doing anything but serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. When one acts on this platform, trying to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is both a  sannyāsī  and a  yogī . This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (6.1):