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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī
Madhya 10.107Madhya 10.109

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.108

সন্ন্যাস করিলা শিখা-সূত্রত্যাগ-রূপ ।

যোগপট্ট না নিল, নাম হৈল ‘স্বরূপ’ ॥ ১০৮ ॥

sannyāsa karilā śikhā-sūtra-tyāga-rūpa

yoga-paṭṭa nā nila, nāma haila ‘svarūpa’

Translation

Upon accepting sannyāsa, Puruṣottama Ācārya followed the regulative principles by giving up his tuft of hair and sacred thread, but he did not accept the saffron-colored dress. Also, he did not accept a sannyāsī title but remained as a naiṣṭhika-brahmacārī.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Renunciation Means Serving and Pleasing Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara accepted the preliminary processes of sannyāsa, including the prescribed offerings and sacrifice, giving up his tuft of hair and sacred thread.

  2. 2

    Puruṣottama Ācārya did not accept saffron dress, a sannyāsī name or a daṇḍa. He renounced worldly life without formally accepting the sannyāsa order, wanting only to worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa without disturbance.

  3. 3

    Renunciation means doing nothing but serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. One who acts on this platform, trying to please Him, is both a sannyāsī and a yogī.

Key points from the purport
  • There are regulative principles governing the renounced order.
  • Then one must cut off the tuft of hair called a śikhā and also give up the sacred thread.
  • Actually Puruṣottama Ācārya did not accept the sannyāsa order formally, but he renounced worldly life.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 10.108 quotesBG 6.1

This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (6.1):

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.

The mood of Madhya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Puruṣottama Bhaṭṭācārya, a resident of Navadvīpa, was educated at Vārāṇasī. He accepted the renounced order from Caitanyānanda, but he took the name of Svarūpa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sannyāsa karilāaccepted the sannyāsa order
  2. śikhātuft of hair
  3. sūtrasacred thread
  4. tyāgagiving up
  5. rūpain the form of
  6. yoga-paṭṭasaffron-colored dress
  7. nā niladid not accept
  8. nāmaname
  9. hailawas
  10. svarūpaSvarūpa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “serving”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I giving more attention to outward appearance or to actually pleasing Śrī Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one small act of service today and do it with the conscious intention of pleasing Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayRenunciation Means Serving and Pleasing KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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