देख देख जीब गौराङ्ग चान्देर लीला

O spirit-souls, look! Look at Lord Gaurāṅgacandra's pastimes! Why, in the blinking of an eye forgetting millions and millions of gopīs, has He now become a sannyāsī?

Rejecting His yellow garments, now He wears a sannyasi's garments. Now He carries a daṇḍa. Turning away from His blissful pastimes on the Yamunā's banks, now He stays by the seaside.

When He descended as Rāmacandra to this world, He carried a bow. When He stayed in Gokula He filled the flute with melodies. Now, out of compassion for the fallen souls, He carries a daṇḍa. Now He is a sannyāsī.

Carrying a waterpot and a new daṇḍa, He stays by the seaside. Rāmānanda says: If He had not accepted a sannyāsī's garments He would have been a heroic warrior, a warrior who ripped the blasphemers into shreds.