Verse 3.4.69

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.69:

মাথা মুডাইযা সন্ন্যাসীর বেশ ধরে চৈতন্যের গুণ শুনি’ পোডযে অন্তরে ॥ ৬৯ ॥

माथा मुडाइया सन्न्यासीर वेश धरे चैतन्येर गुण शुनि’ पोडये अन्तरे ॥ ६९ ॥

māthā muḍāiyā sannyāsīra veśa dhare caitanyera guṇa śuni’ poḍaye antare || 69 ||

matha mudaiya sannyasira vesa dhare caitanyera guna suni’ podaye antare (69)

English translation:

(69) Some people shave their heads and don the dress of sannyāsīs, but their hearts burn when they hear the glories of Lord Caitanya.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

People who renounce the entire world and accept the dress of Māyāvādī sannyāsīs cannot become free of envy, because their hearts are full of hatred for hearing the transcendental qualities of Śrī Caitanyadeva.

Although Māyāvādī sannyāsīs proudly consider themselves the gurus of Hindu society, they are at heart averse to Mahāprabhu. But even though the Yavana king belonged to a different religion, he accepted the qualities of Mahāprabhu, and in spite of knowing that Mahāprabhu belonged to another community he ordered that no one from his own community should oppose or become envious of Mahāprabhu. Even though many envious pseudo-religionists see the magnanimity and faith in Mahāprabhu possessed by the King, who belonged to an opposing

religion and who was superior to the envious so-called-Hindu Māyāvādīs, they nevertheless oppose Mahāprabhu.