Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 8.9

mahāprabhu kailā tāńre daṇḍavat nati

ālińgana kari' teńho kaila kṛṣṇa-smṛti

SYNONYMS

mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kailā — did; tāńre — unto him; daṇḍavat nati — offering obeisances; ālińgana kari' — embracing; teńho — Rāmacandra Purī; kaila — did; kṛṣṇa-smṛti — remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also offered obeisances unto Rāmacandra Purī, who then embraced Him and thus remembered Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered obeisances to Rāmacandra Purī in consideration of his being a disciple of Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī, the spiritual master of His own spiritual master, Īśvara Purī. When a Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī meets another Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī, they both remember Kṛṣṇa. Even Māyāvādī sannyāsīs generally remember Nārāyaṇa, who is also Kṛṣṇa, by saying oḿ namo bhagavate nārāyaṇāya or namo nārāyaṇāya. Thus it is the duty of a sannyāsī to remember Kṛṣṇa. According to smṛti-śāstra, a sannyāsī does not offer obeisances or blessings to anyone. It is said, sannyāsī nirāśīr nirnamaskriyaḥ: a sannyāsī should not offer anyone blessings or obeisances.

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