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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.33

এত বলি’ মনে কিছু করিয়া বিচার ।

সন্ন্যাস–আশ্রম প্রভু কৈলা অঙ্গীকার ॥ ৩৩ ॥

eta bali’ mane kichu kariyā vicāra

sannyāsa-āśrama prabhu kailā aṅgīkāra

Translation

Thus the Lord accepted the sannyāsa order of life after full consideration.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is God Himself, so He had no need to accept sannyāsa. He is beyond the material bodily conception of life.
2
He identified Himself as the Supreme Spirit, not with any varṇa or āśrama. A pure devotee is likewise transcendental to these social and spiritual divisions.
3
He accepted sannyāsa so that people would respect Him and thereby be favored. His main purpose was to deliver the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

Key points from the purport

There was no need for Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to accept sannyāsa, for He is God Himself and therefore has nothing to do with the material bodily concept of life.
Nevertheless, Lord Caitanya decided to accept sannyāsa on the grounds that when He became a sannyāsī everyone would show Him respect and in that way be favored.
Although there was actually no need for Him to accept sannyāsa, He did so for the benefit of those who might think Him an ordinary human being.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”, “favored”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “pure devotee”

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Take one thing from this verse into your day.

How does the Lord’s decision show concern for those who mistook Him for an ordinary person?

Spend a minute reflecting on how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted an order He did not need for the benefit of others.

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