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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.34

চব্বিশ বৎসর ছিলা গৃহস্থ–আশ্রমে ।

পঞ্চবিংশতি বর্ষে কৈল যতিধর্মে ॥ ৩৪ ॥

cabbiśa vatsara chilā gṛhastha-āśrame

pañca-viṁśati varṣe kaila yati-dharme

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained in householder life for twenty-four years, and on the verge of His twenty-fifth year He accepted the sannyāsa order.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained in householder life for twenty-four years. On the verge of His twenty-fifth year, He accepted sannyāsa.
2
The four orders of spiritual life are brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa. The purport explains that each has four divisions.
3
At the end of January in A.D. 1510, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted sannyāsa from Keśava Bhāratī. Keśava Bhāratī belonged to the Śaṅkara-sampradāya.

Key points from the purport

There are four orders of spiritual life, namely, brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa, and in each of these āśramas there are four divisions.
Similarly, the divisions of the vānaprastha-āśrama are vaikhānasa, vālakhilya, auḍumbara and pheṇapa, and the divisions of sannyāsa are kuṭīcaka, bahūdaka, haṁsa and niṣkriya.
1510), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the sannyāsa order from Keśava Bhāratī, who belonged to the Śaṅkara-sampradāya.

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Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 7.34 quotesSB 1.13.26

There are two kinds of sannyāsīs, who are called dhīras and narottamas, as stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.13.26-27).

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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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What does this passage help you understand about the timing of the Lord’s acceptance of sannyāsa?

Write a short timeline noting the Lord’s twenty-four years of householder life and His acceptance of sannyāsa.

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