160 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 10

TRANSLATION

He was very enthusiastic to worship Sri Krsna without disturbance;
therefore it was almost in madness that he accepted the sannyasa order.

TEXT 108

HAA SA PN AaSHA-HA |
CALAAG ar farer, Atay CHET RHA? NW Sov Il

sannydasa karila sikha-stitra-tyaga-rapa
yoga-patta na nila, nama haila ‘svanipa’

SYNONYMS

sannyasa karila—accepted the sannydsa order; sikha—tuft of hair; sdtra—
sacred thread; tyaga—giving up; rapa—in the form of; yoga-patta—saffron col-
ored dress; na nila—did not accept; nama—name; haila—was; svartipa—
Svariipa.

TRANSLATION

Upon accepting sannyadsa, Purusottama Acarya followed the regulative
principles by giving up his tuft of hair and sacred thread, but he did not ac-
cept the saffron colored dress. Also, he did not accept a sannyasi title but
remained as a naisthika-brahmacari.

PURPORT

There are regulative principles governing the renounced order. One has to per-
form eight kinds of sraddha. One must offer oblations to one's forefathers and
perform the sacrifice of viraja-homa. Then one must cut off the tuft of hair called a
sikha and also give up the sacred thread. These are preliminary processes in the
acceptance of sannyasa, and Svartipa Damodara accepted all these. However,
Purusottama Acdrya did not accept the saffron color, a sannyasi name or a danda.
He retained his brahmacari name. Actually Purusottama Acarya did not accept the
sannyasa order formally, but he renounced worldly life. He did not want to be dis-
turbed by the formality of the sannydsa order. He simply wanted to worship Lord
Sri Krsna without disturbance; therefore with heart and soul he took up the
renounced order but not the formalities accompanying it. Renunciation means
not doing anything but serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, $ri Krsna.
When one acts on this platform, trying to please the Supreme Personality of God-
head, one is both a sannydasi and a yogi. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gitd (6.1):
