Text 9] Ramacandra Puri Criticizes the Lord 87

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that although Ramacandra Puri was
naturally very envious and although he was against the principles of Vaisnavism—
or, in other words, against the principles of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
and His devotees—common people nevertheless addressed him as Gosvami or
Gosafii because he was superficially in the renounced order and dressed like a
sannyasi. In the modern age the title gosvami is used by a caste of grhasthas, but
formerly it was not. Ripa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami, for example, were
called gosvami because they were in the renounced order. Similarly, because
Paramananda Puri was a sannydsi, he was called Puri Gosvami. By careful scrutiny,
therefore, one will find that gosvami is not the title for a certain caste; rather, it is
properly the title for a person in the renounced order.

TEXT 9

WEAE Ce Sica mae als |
wri forran SiR? CSTR CHA SHS i dt

mahdaprabhu kaila tanre dandavat nati
alingana kari’ tenho kaila krsna-smrti

SYNONYMS
mahaprabhu —Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila—did; tanre—unto him; dan-
davat nati—offering obeisances; dlingana kari’—embracing; tenho—Ramacandra
Puri; kaila—did; krsna-smrti—remembrance of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also offered obeisances unto Ramacandra Puri,
who then embraced Him and thus remembered Krsna.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered obeisances to Ramacandra Puri in considera-
tion of his being a disciple of Srila Madhavendra Puri, the spiritual master of His
own spiritual master, ISvara Purl. When a Vaisnava sannyaési meets another
Vaisnava sannydsi, they both remember Krsna. Even Mayavadi sannydsis generally
remember Narayana, who is also Krsna, by saying orn namo bhagavate ndrdyana or
namo ndrayana. Thus it is the duty of a sannyasi to remember Krsna. According to
smrti-sastra, a sannydasi does not offer obeisances or blessings to anyone. It is said,
sannyasi nirasir nirnamaskriyah: a sannydsi should not offer anyone blessings or
obeisances.
