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CC Antya 12.113

Text

ei sukha lāgi’ āmi kariluṅ sannyāsa!
āmāra ‘sarva-nāśa’ — tomā-sabāra ‘parihāsa’

Synonyms

ei — this; sukha — happiness; lāgi’ — for; āmi — I; kariluṅ sannyāsa — have taken to the renounced order; āmāra sarva-nāśa — My ruination; tomā-sabāra — of all of you; parihāsa — joking.

Translation

“Have I taken sannyāsa for such happiness? Accepting this oil would bring My ruination, and all of you would laugh.

Purport

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared Himself a strict sannyāsī. A sannyāsī is not supposed to take help from anyone. Retaining a masseur to give Him massages would indicate His dependence on others. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to follow very strictly the principle of not accepting anyone’s help for His bodily comfort.