CC Madhya 16.130
Bengali
গদাধর-পণ্ডিত যবে সঙ্গেতে চলিলা ।
‘ক্ষেত্র-সন্ন্যাস না ছাড়িহ’ — প্রভু নিষেধিলা ॥ ১৩০ ॥
‘ক্ষেত্র-সন্ন্যাস না ছাড়িহ’ — প্রভু নিষেধিলা ॥ ১৩০ ॥
Verse text
gadādhara-paṇḍita yabe saṅgete calilā
‘kṣetra-sannyāsa nā chāḍiha’ — prabhu niṣedhilā
‘kṣetra-sannyāsa nā chāḍiha’ — prabhu niṣedhilā
Synonyms
Translation
When Gadādhara Paṇḍita started to go with the Lord, he was forbidden to come and was asked not to give up the vow of kṣetra-sannyāsa.
Purport
When one takes kṣetra-sannyāsa, he leaves his household life and goes to a place of pilgrimage devoted to Lord Viṣṇu. Such places include Puruṣottama (Jagannātha Purī), Navadvīpa-dhāma and Mathurā-dhāma. The kṣetra-sannyāsī lives in these places alone or with his family. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura considers kṣetra-sannyāsa to be the preferable vānaprastha situation in this Age of Kali. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya lived in this way, and he has been called a kṣetra-sannyāsī — that is, a sannyāsī living in Jagannātha Purī.