190 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [ Adi-ila, Ch. 15
TRANSLATION

‘My dear mother and father,” the Lord said, ‘‘it is very good that Vigvaripa has
accepted the sannyasa order, for thus He has delivered both His father’s family and
His mother’s family.”

PURPORT
It is sometimes said that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not approve of the
acceptance of the sannydsa order in this Kali-yuga because in the Sdstra it is said:
asvamedham gavdlambham sannydsam pala-paitrkam
devarena sutotpattim kalau parica viverjayet
“In this Kali-yuga the performance of the asvamedha-yajria or gomedha-yajnia,
sacrifices in which a horse or cow is offered, should be avoided, as should the
acceptance of sannydsa, the renounced order of life.’ (8rahma-vaivarta Purana,
Krsna-janma-khanda 185.180)

Nevertheless we see that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself accepted sannydsa and
approved of the sannydsa of His elder brother, Visvaripa. It is clearly said here,
bhala haifa, —vi8variipa sannyasa karila pitr-kula, matr-Rula, —dui uddharila. There-
fore, should it be thought that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made statements that are
contradictory? No, actually He did not, It is recommended that one accept sannyasa
to dedicate his life for the service of the Lord, and everyone must take that kind of
sannyasa, for by accepting such sannydsa one renders the best service to both his
paternal and maternal families. But one should not accept the sannydsa order of the
Mayavada school, which has practically no meaning. We find many Mayavadi
sannyasis simply loitering in the street thinking themselves Brahman or Narayana
and spending all day and night begging so they can fill their hungry bellies.
Mayavadi sannydasis have become so degraded that there is a section of them who
eat everything, just like hogs and dogs. It is such degraded sannydsa that is pro-
hibited in this age. Actually, Srila Sankaracarya’s principles for the acceptance of
sannydsa were very strict, but later the so-called Mayavadi sannydsis became de-
graded because of their false philosophy, which propounds that by accepting
sannyasa one becomes Narayana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhwu rejected that kind of
sannydsa. But the acceptance of sannydsa is one of the items of the varrdsrama-
dharma. How then can it be rejected?

TEXT 15
wife w Sixq cota gate raza |
wfeal nee Carn Proparera wae 4
ami ta’ kariba toma’ dunhara sevana
Suniya santusta haila pitd-matara mana
