226 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6
gopinatha kahe,—inhdra nahi bahydpeksa
ataeva bada sampradayera nahika apeksa
SYNONYMS

gopinatha kahe—Gopinatha Acarya replied; inhara—of the Lord; nahi—there
is not; bahya-apeks4 —dependence on any external formality; ataeva—therefore;
bada—big; sampradayera—of a community; nahika—there is not; apeksa—
necessity.

TRANSLATION

Gopinatha Acarya replied: ‘Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu does not rely
on any external formality. There is no need for Him to accept the sannydsa
order from a superior sampradaya.”

PURPORT

§ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted sannyasa from the Bharati sampradaya
(community), which belongs to the disciplic succession of Sankardcrya.
Sankaracarya introduced names for his sannydsa disciples, and these are ten in
number. Out of these, the surnames Tirtha, Aérama and Sarasvati are considered
topmost. In the monastery at Srhgeri, the surname Sarasvati is considered first
class, Bharati second class and Puri third class. A sannydsi who has very nicely
understood the slogan tat tvam asi and who takes his bath at the confluence of
the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati is called a Tirtha. A person who is very
eager to accept sannydsa, who is detached from worldly activities, who has no
desire for any kind of material facilities and who is thus saved from repeated birth
and death is known as Agrama. When a sanny4si lives in a beautiful, solitary place
in the forest and is freed from all material desires, he is called Vana. A sannydsi
who always lives in the forest and renounces all connection with the world in
order to be elevated to the heavenly planets, where he can live in the nandana-
kanana, is called Aranya. One who prefers living in the mountains engaging in the
study of Bhagavad-gita and whose intelligence is fixed is called Giri, One who
prefers living in great mountains, even among ferocious animals, to attain the
summit of philosophical speculation (understanding that the essence of this mate-
rial world is useless) is called Parvata. A sannyasi who has dipped into the ocean of
the Absolute Truth and collected some valuable stones of knowledge from that
ocean, who never falls from the regulative principles of a sanny4si, is called Sagara.
One who has learned the classical art of music, who engages in its culture and
who has become expert and completely aloof from material attachment is called
Sarasvati. Sarasvati is the goddess of music and learning, and in one hand she
holds a musical instrument called a vind. A sannydsi who is always engaged in
music for spiritual elevation is called Sarasvati. One who has become completely
