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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.130
গদাধর-পণ্ডিত যবে সঙ্গেতে চলিলা ।
‘ক্ষেত্র-সন্ন্যাস না ছাড়িহ’ — প্রভু নিষেধিলা ॥ ১৩০ ॥
gadādhara-paṇḍita yabe saṅgete calilā
‘kṣetra-sannyāsa nā chāḍiha’ — prabhu niṣedhilā
When Gadādhara Paṇḍita started to go with the Lord, he was forbidden to come and was asked not to give up the vow of kṣetra-sannyāsa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord forbade Gadādhara Paṇḍita to accompany Him and asked him not to give up his vow of kṣetra-sannyāsa.
Taking kṣetra-sannyāsa means leaving household life and going to a place of pilgrimage devoted to Lord Viṣṇu. The kṣetra-sannyāsī may live there alone or with his family.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura considers kṣetra-sannyāsa the preferable vānaprastha situation in this Age of Kali. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya lived this way in Jagannātha Purī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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