164 Sit Caitanya-caritamrta

sannyasi-buddhye more karibe namaskara
tathapi khandibe duhkha, paibe nistara

SYNONYMS

sannyasi-buddhye—by consideration of a sannyasi; more—unto Me; karibe—they
will; namaskara—offer obeisances; tathapi—therefore; khandibe—will diminish;
duhkha—distress; paibe—will get; nistara—liberation.

TRANSLATION

If a person offers obeisances to Lord Caitanya, even due to accepting Him only
as an ordinary sannyasi, his material distresses will diminish, and he will ultimately
get liberation.

PURPORT

Krsna is so merciful that He always thinks of how to liberate the conditioned
souls from the material platform. It is for this reason that Krsna incarnates, as
clearly indicated in Bhagavad-gita:

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of
Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time | descend Myself.” (Bg.
4.7) Krsna always protects the living entities in many ways. He comes Himself, He
sends His own confidential devotees, and He leaves behind Him sastras like Bhagavad-
gita. Why? It is so that people may take advantage of the benediction to be liberated
from the clutches of maya. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted sannyasa so that
even a foolish person who accepted Him as an ordinary sannyasi would offer Him
respect, for this would help diminish his material distresses and ultimately liberate
him fromthe material clutches. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati points out in this
connection that Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the combined form of Sri Radha
and Krsna (mahdprabhu $ri-caitanya, radha-kgsna—nahe anya). Therefore when
fools considered Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be an ordinary human being and thus
treated Him disrespectfully, the merciful Lord, in order to deliver these offenders,
accepted sannyasa so that they would offer Him obeisances, accepting Him as a
sannyasi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted sannydsa to bestow His great mercy
on people in general who cannot appreciate Him as Radha and Krsna Themselves.

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GSA SHUT COD Al SH CAS Ga |
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