Verse 3.3.22

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.22:

পরম সুবুদ্ধি তুমি হৈযা আপনে তবে তুমি সন্ন্যাস করিলা কি কারণে ॥ ২২ ॥

परम सुबुद्धि तुमि हैया आपने तबे तुमि सन्न्यास करिला कि कारणे ॥ २२ ॥

parama subuddhi tumi haiyā āpane tabe tumi sannyāsa karilā ki kāraṇe || 22 ||

parama subuddhi tumi haiya apane tabe tumi sannyasa karila ki karane (22)

English translation:

(22) “Although You are most intelligent, why did You take sannyāsa? Sārvabhauma said, “O Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, You have attained Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and You are most intelligent. So why did You take sannyāsa? What

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

qualification do You have to take sannyāsa? You are too young.

Personalities like Mādhavendra Purī have taken sannyāsa, but they have done so after maturely enjoying material life. Before accepting sannyāsa, You should have particularly considered that everyone respects a sannyāsī as a member of the topmost āśrama. Since You have accepted Vaiṣṇava principles, which entail becoming humbler than a blade of grass, what need was there to become a candidate for receiving the highest respect found in social etiquette? Giving up śikhā and brāhmaṇa thread is an example of pride. It is simply the desire to ascend to the highest level of fame. A person following Vaiṣṇava principles should offer obeisances to a dog, a dog-eater, a cow, and an ass, and he should

not accept respect from anyone. Māyāvādī sannyāsīs in particular consider themselves equal to the Supreme Lord, who is the creator, maintainer, and annihilator. Therefore they are unworthy sons and foolish.