228 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24
TEXT 259
“aca far armed ce’ AS SNH 4a |
OF OF 2B Afe atfea Se GTA tren I
“ghare giya brahmane deha’ yata ache dhana
eka eka vastra pari’ bahira hao dui-jana
SYNONYMS
ghare giya—returning home; brahmane—to the brahmanas, the most intelli-
gent men in spiritual understanding; deha’—give; yata—whatever; ache—you
have; dhana—riches; eka eka—each of you; vastra pari’—just one cloth; bahira
hao—leave home; dui-jana—both of you.
TRANSLATION
“Narada Muni then advised the hunter, ‘Return home and distribute
whatever riches you have to the pure brahmanas who know the Absolute
Truth. After distributing all your riches to the brahmanas, both you and your
wife should leave home, taking only one cloth to wear.’
PURPORT
This is the process of renunciation at the stage of vanaprastha. After enjoying
householder life for some time, the husband and wife must leave home and dis-
tribute their riches to brahmanas and Vaisnavas. One can keep his wife as an assis-
tant in the vanaprastha stage. The idea is that the wife will assist the husband in
spiritual advancement. Therefore Narada Muni advised the hunter to adopt the
vanaprastha stage and leave home. It is not that a grhastha should live at home un-
til he dies. Vanaprastha is preliminary to sannydsa. In the Krsna consciousness
movement there are many young couples engaged in the Lord's service. Even-
tually they are supposed to take vanaprastha, and after the vanaprastha stage the
husband may take sannydasa in order to preach. The wife may then remain alone
and serve the Deity or engage in other activities within the Krsna consciousness
movement.
TEXT 260
aml-Sica aseaiia shia sia |
Gla ict Gira Sam catfAa i avo t
nadi-tire eka-khani kutira kariya
tara age eka-pindi tulasi ropiya
