Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Antya 8.9

mahaprabhu kaila tanre dandavat nati

alingana kari' tenho kaila krishna-smriti

SYNONYMS

mahaprabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila -- did; tanre -- unto him; dandavat nati -- offering obeisances; alingana kari' -- embracing; tenho -- Ramacandra Puri; kaila -- did; krishna-smriti -- remembrance of Krishna.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also offered obeisances unto Ramacandra Puri, who then embraced Him and thus remembered Krishna.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered obeisances to Ramacandra Puri in consideration of his being a disciple of Srila Madhavendra Puri, the spiritual master of His own spiritual master, Isvara Puri. When a Vaishnava sannyasi meets another Vaishnava sannyasi, they both remember Krishna. Even Mayavadi sannyasis generally remember Narayana, who is also Krishna, by saying om namo bhagavate narayanaya or namo narayanaya. Thus it is the duty of a sannyasi to remember Krishna. According to smriti-sastra, a sannyasi does not offer obeisances or blessings to anyone. It is said, sannyasi nirasir nirnamaskriyah: a sannyasi should not offer anyone blessings or obeisances.

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