prabhu kahe — sannyÄsÄ«ra bhaká¹£ya nahe upakaraṇa
ihÄ khÄile kaiche haya indriya vÄraṇa

 prabhu kahe - the Lord said; sannyÄsÄ«ra - by a sannyÄsÄ«; bhaká¹£ya - to be eaten; nahe - this is not; upakaraṇa - varieties of food; ihÄ - this; khÄile - if eating; kaiche - how; haya - there is; indriya - senses; vÄraṇa - controlling.


Text

ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu said, “It is not proper for a sannyÄsÄ« to eat such a variety of foods. If he does, how can he control his senses?â€

Purport

The word upakaraṇa indicates a variety of foods, such as dhal, vegetables and other varieties of possible dishes that one can eat very nicely with rice. It is not proper, however, for a sannyÄsÄ« to eat such palatable dishes. If he did so, he would not be able to control his senses. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu did not encourage sannyÄsÄ«s to eat very palatable dishes, for the whole Vaiṣṇava cult is vairÄgya-vidyÄ, as renounced as possible. Caitanya MahÄprabhu also advised RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ« not to eat very palatable dishes, wear very nice garments or talk on mundane subjects. These things are all prohibited for those in the renounced order. A devotee does not accept anything to eat that is not first offered to Kṛṣṇa. All the rich foods offered to Kṛṣṇa are given to the gá¹›hasthas, the householders. There are many nice things offered to Kṛṣṇa — garlands, bedsteads, nice ornaments, nice food and even nicely prepared pan, betel nuts — but a humble Vaiṣṇava, thinking his body material and nasty, does not accept such preparations for himself. He thinks that by accepting such things he will offend the lotus feet of the Lord. Those who are sahajiyÄs cannot understand what ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu meant when He asked Advaita Ä€cÄrya to bring two separate leaves and give a small quantity of the prasÄdam to Him.