Madhya-līlā

Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Verse 103 of 231
Cc Madhya 17.103

এইমত প্রতিদিন করেন বংচন সন্ন্যাসীর সংগভযে না মানেন নিমন্ত্রণ

एइमत प्रतिदिन करेन वंचन सन्न्यासीर संगभये ना मानेन निमन्त्रण

ei-mata prati-dina karena vañcana sannyāsīra saṅga-bhaye nā mānena nimantraṇa

Synonyms

ei-matain this way; prati-dinadaily; karena vañcanadenies other inviters; sannyāsīraof the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs; saṅga-bhayefrom fear of the association; nā mānenadoes not accept; nimantraṇainvitation..

Translation

Every day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused their invitation because He feared associating with Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

Purport

A Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī never accepts an invitation from a party who considers Māyāvādī sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs to be one and the same. In other words, Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs do not at all like to associate with Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, to say nothing of eating together. This principle must be followed by the sannyāsīs of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. That is the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu given by His personal behavior.

Verse 103 of 231
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