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24 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

jealous persons criticize the Krsna consciousness movement because it engages equally
both boys and girls in distributing love of Godhead. Not knowing that boys and
girls in countries like Europe and America mix very freely, these fools and rascals
criticize the boys and girls in Krsna consciousness for intermingling. But these rascals
should consider that one cannot suddenly change a community’s social customs.
However, since both the boys and girls are being trained to become preachers, those
girls are not ordinary girls but are as good as their brothers who are preaching Krsna
consciousness. Therefore, to engage both boys and girls in fully transcendental
activities is a policy intended to spread the Krsna consciousness movement. These
jealous fools who criticize the intermingling of boys and girls will simply have to be
satisfied with their own foolishness because they cannot think of how to spread
Krsna consciousness by adopting ways and means which are favorable for this pur-
pose. Their stereotyped methods will never help spread Krsna consciousness. There-
fore, what we are doing is perfect by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, for
it is He who proposed to invent a way to capture those who strayed from Krsna
consciousness.

TEXT 33

as ay aca fag sfaai Fabia |
ATAU LIF CFM TAHA tO

eta bali’ mane kichu kariya vicara
sannyasa-asrama prabhu kaila angikara

SYNONYMS

eta bali’—saying this; mane—within the mind; kichu—something; kariya—doing;
vicara—consideration; sannyasa-asrama—the renounced order of life; prabhu—the
Lord; kaila-—did; angikara—accept.

TRANSLATION

Thus the Lord accepted the sannyasa order of life after full consideration.

PURPORT

There was no need for Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to accept sannyasa, for He
is God Himself and therefore has nothing to do with the material bodily concept of
life. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not identify Himself with any of the eight varnas
and asramas, namely, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, brahmacari, grhastha,
vanaprastha and sannyasa. He identified Himself as the Supreme Spirit. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, or for that matter any pure devotee, never identifies with these social
and spiritual divisions of life, for a devotee is always transcendental to these different
gradations of society. Nevertheless, Lord Caitanya decided to accept sannyasa on
the grounds that when He became a sannyasi everyone would show Him respect and
