sannyÄsÄ«ra dharma lÄgi' Å›ravaṇa mÄtra kari
tumi yei artha kara, bujhite nÄ pÄri"

 sannyÄsÄ«ra - of one in the renounced order of life; dharma - the occupation; lÄgi' - for the matter of; Å›ravaṇa - hearing; mÄtra - only; kari - I do; tumi - you; yei - whatever; artha - meaning; kara - present; bujhite - to understand;  - not; pÄri - I am able.


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“Only for the sake of executing the duties of the renounced order of sannyÄsa do I listen. Unfortunately, I cannot in the least understand the meaning you are presenting.â€

Purport

ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu presented Himself as if He were a sannyÄsÄ« in name only or, in other words, a number-one fool. MÄyÄvÄdÄ« sannyÄsÄ«s in India are very much accustomed to declaring themselves jagad-gurus, teachers of the world, although they have no information of the outside world and are limited in their experience to a small town or village, or perhaps to the country of India. Nor do such sannyÄsÄ«s have sufficient education. Unfortunately, at the present moment there are many foolish sannyÄsÄ«s, both in India and elsewhere, who simply read and study Vedic literature without understanding the purports. When Caitanya MahÄprabhu was having His discussion with the Chand Kazi, the Muslim magistrate of NavadvÄ«pa, He recited a verse from the Vedic literature to the effect that the order of sannyÄsa is prohibited in this Age of Kali. Only those who are very serious and who follow the regulative principles and study Vedic literature should accept sannyÄsa. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu approved of a sannyÄsī’s reading the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra, or Brahma-sÅ«tra, but He did not approve the ÅšÄrÄ«raka commentary of Åšaá¹…karÄcÄrya. Indeed, He said elsewhere, mÄyÄvÄdi-bhÄá¹£ya Å›unile haya sarva-nÄÅ›a: “If one hears the ÅšÄrÄ«raka-bhÄá¹£ya of Åšaá¹…karÄcÄrya, he is doomed.†Thus a sannyÄsÄ«, a transcendentalist, must read the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra regularly, but he should not read the ÅšÄrÄ«raka-bhÄá¹£ya. This is the conclusion of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. The real commentary on the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra is ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. Artho ’yaá¹ brahma-sÅ«trÄnÄm: ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is the original commentary on the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra, written by the author himself, ÅšrÄ«la VyÄsadeva.