gadÄdhara-paṇá¸ita yabe saá¹…gete calilÄ
'ká¹£etra-sannyÄsa nÄ chÄá¸iha' — prabhu niá¹£edhilÄ
gadÄdhara-paṇá¸ita - GadÄdhara Paṇá¸ita; yabe - when; saá¹…gete - with ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; calilÄ - started to go; ká¹£etra-sannyÄsa - the renounced order of life at a holy place of pilgrimage; nÄ chÄá¸iha - do not give up; prabhu niá¹£edhilÄ - Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu forbade.
When GadÄdhara Paṇá¸ita started to go with the Lord, he was forbidden to come and was asked not to give up the vow of ká¹£etra-sannyÄsa.
When one takes ká¹£etra-sannyÄsa, he leaves his household life and goes to a place of pilgrimage devoted to Lord Viṣṇu. Such places include Puruá¹£ottama (JagannÄtha PurÄ«), NavadvÄ«pa-dhÄma and MathurÄ-dhÄma. The ká¹£etra-sannyÄsÄ« lives in these places alone or with his family. ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura considers ká¹£etra-sannyÄsa to be the preferable vÄnaprastha situation in this Age of Kali. SÄrvabhauma Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya lived in this way, and he has been called a ká¹£etra-sannyÄsÄ« — that is, a sannyÄsÄ« living in JagannÄtha PurÄ«.
