Parivrajakacarya:

yato 'bhavad visvam idaṁ vicitraṁ
saṁsthasyate yatra ca vavatiṣṭhate
prajapatinaṁ patir eṣa mahyaṁ
paraṁ pramaṇaṁ bhagavan anantaḥ;
[SB 3.22.20]

Pradyumna: (chants synonyms, etc.) Translation: "The highest authority for me is the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, from whom this wonderful creation emanates and in whom its sustenance and dissolution rest. He is the origin of all prajapatis, the personalities meant to produce living entities in this world."

Prabhupada: So the purpose of marriage is explained here. Putratve kriyet bharya putra pinḍa prayojanam. For the purpose of one or two nice children one should marry, not for sense gratification. This is the Vedic purport of marriage. So in our Krṣṇa consciousness movement we allow marriage on this principle, not for sense gratification. All the chief devotees of Lord Caitanya... Or even Lord Caitanya Himself, he married twice. So marriage is not prohibited, but everything should be under regulative principle according to the law. Then either one is sannyasi or a married man or a brahmacari, it doesn't matter.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu stressed, ye krṣṇa-tattva-vetta, sei 'guru' haya. He never said that the sannyasis should be guru and not the grhasthas. He says ye krṣṇa-tattva-vetta, sei 'guru' haya. Anyone who knows the science of Krṣṇa, he can become guru. And that guru Caitanya Mahaprabhu says everything very simplified.

amara ajñaya guru haña tara'sarva desa
yare dekha, tare kaha 'krṣṇa'-upadesa
[Cc. Madhya 7.128]

Sarva desa, or ei desa, wherever you are living, it doesn't matter. Just like our Atreya Ṛṣi, he's grhastha, he's living in Iran, Tehran, but it doesn't matter. If he speaks krṣṇa-katha, then he's guru. It is very simple thing. We should not speak beyond what is spoken by Krṣṇa. Take Bhagavad-gita and try to preach the principles, speak whatever is spoken in the Bhagavad-gita. Then it doesn't matter whether you are a grhastha or a sannyasi or brahmacari. You become guru.

So our mission, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission, Krṣṇa consciousness, the same mission as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, yare dekha, tare kaha 'krṣṇa'-upadesa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. This krṣṇa-upadesa I have translated into "Krṣṇa conscious," how to make people Krṣṇa conscious. This is our mission. On this principle, either grhastha or vanaprastha or sannyasi, everyone can take part. Ye krṣṇa-tattva-vetta, sei 'guru' haya. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was taking instruction from Ramananda Raya. He was grhastha, not even brahmaṇa. So he was hesitating, that "Caitanya Mahaprabhu is coming from a very exalted brahmaṇa family, and sannyasa," and Ramananda Raya was grhastha, not even brahmaṇa. How he could teach Him or give Him instruction? He was hesitating. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in order to favor him, He said, "It doesn't matter. Don't hesitate."

kiba vipra, kiba nyasi, sudra kene naya
yei krṣṇa-tattva-vetta, sei 'guru' haya
[Cc. Madhya 8.128]

By his practical life, He was asking Generally, questions are asked to the superior person, and the superior person answers. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu, although He was superior in everything, He was asking Ramaṇanda Raya to answer. He made Haridasa Ṭhakura—he was Muhammadan by birth—namacarya, the acarya of spreading Hare Krṣṇa maha-mantra. These are the wonderful activities. Sanatana Gosvami, he practically became Muhammadan. Why practically? Absolutely. He was rejected by the brahmaṇa society because he was minister, he was mixing with the Muhammadan and everything. He was eating with them. So the brahmaṇa society rejected him. The name was also changed, Sakara Mallika. Nawab Hussain Shah's very confidential man. Nawab Hussain Shah was keeping Sanatana Gosvami as his representative in everything. The government was being managed by him. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted them, and they became the Gosvamis, Sanatana Gosvami.

So in this movement, no such consideration, who is who. Anyone who takes to Krṣṇa consciousness, he is first class, that's all. So our principle should be how to make people Krṣṇa conscious, God conscious. Then our mission will be successful. Either as grhastha, as a vanaprastha, as sannyasi, it doesn't matter. Philosophy, the truth, should be preached. Everyone will be happy. That is Krṣṇa consciousness.

Thank you very much. (end)

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