भावादारभ्य कृतपरिचयाः पारमहंस्यमेवाश्रममभजन् ॥२६॥
eteá¹£Äá¹ kavir mahÄvÄ«raḥ savana iti traya Äsann Å«rdhva-retasas ta Ätma-vidyÄyÄm arbha-bhÄvÄd Ärabhya ká¹›ta-paricayÄḥ pÄramahaá¹syam evÄÅ›ramam abhajan
eteá¹£Äm - of these; kaviḥ - Kavi; mahÄvÄ«raḥ - MahÄvÄ«ra; savanaḥ - Savana; iti - thus; trayaḥ - three; Äsan - were; Å«rdhva-retasaḥ - completely celibate; te - they; Ätma-vidyÄyÄm - in transcendental knowledge; arbha-bhÄvÄt - from childhood; Ärabhya - beginning; ká¹›ta-paricayÄḥ - very well versed; pÄramahaá¹syam - of the highest spiritual perfection of human life; eva - certainly; ÄÅ›ramam - the order; abhajan - executed.
Three among these ten — namely Kavi, MahÄvÄ«ra and Savana — lived in complete celibacy. Thus trained in brahmacÄrÄ« life from the beginning of childhood, they were very conversant with the highest perfection, known as the paramahaá¹sa-ÄÅ›rama.
The word ūrdhva-retasaḥ in this verse is very significant. Ūrdhva-retaḥ refers to one who can control sex life and who instead of wasting semen by discharging it can use this most important substance accumulated in the body to enrich the brain. One who can completely control sex life is able to work wonderfully with his brain, especially in remembering. Thus students who simply hear Vedic instructions once from their teacher could remember them verbatim without needing to read books, which therefore did not exist in former times.
Another significant word is arbha-bhÄvÄt, which means “from very childhood.†Another meaning is “from being very affectionate to children.†In other words, paramahaá¹sa life is dedicated for the benefit of others. Just as a father sacrifices many things out of affection for his son, great saintly persons sacrifice all kinds of bodily comforts for the benefit of human society. In this connection there is a verse concerning the Six GosvÄmÄ«s:
tyaktvÄ tÅ«rṇam aÅ›eá¹£a-maṇá¸ala-pati-Å›reṇīṠsadÄ tucchavat
bhÅ«tvÄ dÄ«na-gaṇeÅ›akau karuṇayÄ kaupÄ«na-kanthÄÅ›ritau
Because of their compassion for the poor fallen souls, the Six GosvÄmÄ«s gave up their exalted positions as ministers and took vows as mendicants. Thus minimizing their bodily wants as far as possible, they each accepted only a loincloth and a begging bowl. Thus they remained in Vá¹›ndÄvana to execute the orders of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu by compiling and publishing various Vaiṣṇava literatures.
