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52 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

TRANSLATION

“You are a sannyasi. Why then do You indulge in chanting and dancing, engaging
in Your sankirtana movement in the company of fanatics?

PURPORT

This is a challenge by Prakasananda Sarasvati to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya that Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, who is the object of Vedanta philosophical research, has very kindly
determined who is an appropriate candidate for study of Vedanta philosophy. The
first qualification of such a candidate is expressed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in
His Siksastaka:

trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna
amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih

This statement indicates that one can hear or speak about Vedanta philosophy
through the disciplic succession. One must be very humble and meek, more tolerant
than a tree and more humble than the grass. One should not claim respect for him-
self but should be prepared to give all respect to others. One must have these quali-
fications to be eligible to understand Vedic knowledge.

TEXT 69

CUNS-75a, Gta, HATA 44 |
Oral Bw’ Fa corm StICsa FA i va tl

vedanta-pathana, dhyana,—sannyasira dharma
taha chadi’ kara kene bhavukera karma

SYNONYMS

vedanta-pathana—studying Vedanta philosophy ;dhyana—meditation; sannyasira—
of a sannyasi; dharma—duties; taha chadi’—giving them up; Rara—You do; kene—
why; bhavukera—of the fanatics; karma-—activities.

TRANSLATION

“Meditation and the study of Vedanta are the sole duties of a sannyasi. Why do
You abandon these to dance with fanatics?

PURPORT

As explained in regard to verse 41, Mayavadi sannyasis do not approve of chant-
ing and dancing. PrakaSananda Sarasvati, like Sarvabhauma Bhatfacarya, misunder-
stood Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be a misled young sannyasi, and therefore he
