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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.101
আচার্য কহে — না করিব সন্ন্যাসি-নিমন্ত্রণ ।
সন্ন্যাসী নাশিল মোর সব স্মৃতি-ধর্ম ॥ ১০১ ॥
ācārya kahe — nā kariba sannyāsi-nimantraṇa
sannyāsī nāśila mora saba smṛti-dharma
Advaita Ācārya replied, “I shall never again invite another sannyāsī, for it is a sannyāsī who has spoiled all My brahminical smṛti regulations.”
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Advaita Ācārya replies that He will never again invite another sannyāsī.
He says that a sannyāsī has spoiled His brahminical smṛti regulations.
His reply connects His refusal to invite another sannyāsī with the disruption of those regulations.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
There all the Navadvīpa devotees, along with mother Śacīdevī, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This house was located at Śāntipura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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What reason does Advaita Ācārya give for saying He will not invite another sannyāsī?
Reread Advaita Ācārya’s reply and identify both His stated decision and His reason for it.
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