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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 2]
devareṇa sutotpattiṁ kalau pañca vivarjayet (Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa)
From this we can understand that in this age the  sannyāsa-āśrama  is forbidden because people are not strong. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed us an example in taking  sannyāsa  at the age of twenty-four years, but even Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya advised Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be extremely careful because He had taken  sannyāsa  at an early age. For preaching we give young boys  sannyāsa , but actually it is being experienced that they are not fit for  sannyāsa . There is no harm, however, if one thinks that he is unfit for  sannyāsa ; if he is very much agitated sexually, he should go to the  āśrama  where sex is allowed, namely the  gṛhastha-āśrama . That one has been found to be very weak in one place does not mean that he should stop fighting the crocodile of  māyā . One should take shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, as we shall see Gajendra do, and at the same time one can be a  gṛhastha  if he is satisfied with sexual indulgence. There is no need to give up the fight. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore recommended,  sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhiḥ . One may stay in whichever  āśrama  is suitable for him; it is not essential that one take  sannyāsa . If one is sexually agitated, he can enter the  gṛhastha-āśrama . But one must continue fighting. For one who is not in a transcendental position, to take  sannyāsa  artificially is not a very great credit. If  sannyāsa  is not suitable, one may enter the  gṛhastha-āśrama  and fight  māyā  with great strength. But one should not give up the fighting and go away.
TEXT 31
इत्थं गजेन्द्रः स यदाप संकटं प्राणस्य देही विवशो यदृच्छया । अपारयन्नात्मविमोक्षणे चिरं दध्याविमां बुद्धिमथाभ्यपद्यत ॥३१॥
itthaṁ gajendraḥ sa yadāpa saṅkaṭaṁ prāṇasya dehī vivaśo yadṛcchayā