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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 10]
deliverance of all the fallen souls of the world, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took  sannyāsa  and left home when He was only twenty-four years old. He lived a very strict life as a  sannyāsī , refusing all bodily comforts. Similarly, His disciples the six Gosvāmīs were ministers who held exalted positions in society, but they also left everything to join the movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīnivāsa Ācārya says:
tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau
These Gosvāmīs left their very comfortable lives as ministers. Zamindars and learned scholars and joined Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement, just to show mercy to the fallen souls of the world ( dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā ). Accepting very humble lives as mendicants, wearing no more than loincloths and torn quilts ( kaupīna-kantha ), they lived in Vṛndāvana and followed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's order to excavate Vṛndāvana's lost glories.
Similarly, everyone else with a materially comfortable condition in this world should join the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to elevate the fallen souls. The words  bhūta-dayayā ,  māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam  and  dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā  all convey the same sense. These are very significant words for those interested in elevating human society to a proper understanding of life. One should join the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, following the examples of such great personalities as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the six Gosvāmīs and, before them, the great sage Dadhīci. Instead of wasting one's life for temporary bodily comforts, one should always be prepared to give up one's life for better causes. After all, the body will be destroyed. Therefore one should sacrifice it for the glory of distributing religious principles throughout the world.
TEXT 9
एतावानव्ययो धर्मः पुण्यश्लोकैरुपासितः । यो भूतशोकहर्षाभ्यामात्मा शोचति हृष्यति ॥ ९ ॥
etāvān avyayo dharmaḥ puṇya-ślokair upāsitaḥ