Mana Tumi Sannyāsī Sājite Keno Cāo

O my heart, why do you want to dress like a sannyāsī? Outside you may dress like that, but inside you will know very well that you are only a pretender.

Please try to grasp my words: Be pure within. Always drink the nectar of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Live a natural life. Don't do anything that will become an obstacle to devotional service. Accept the spiritual practices that lead to devotion.

Happily accept whatever comes easily. Don't try to make a pompous display of your opulence. If you can't get many clothes, wear a loincloth. In the winter wear an old quilt.

O my brother, don't accept fragrances of sandal and aguru. Wear earth-tilaka. Exchange your necklaces for tulasī beads. Turn from material sense pleasures. Cut the ropes of material desires. Escape the flames of birth and death.

Renunication is the great treasure of the sannyāsa-āśrama. O my brother, please don't hanker after honor from others. A proud person who seeks honor from others will not delivered from this world of birth and death.

You are Lord Caitanya's servant. Your real hankering is to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa. What will you gain by accepting the outward signs of the sannyāsa-āśrama? Throw the desire for fame far away. Make you home in Śāntipura, and make the Vaiṣṇavas' mercy your true wealth.

It is not necessary to accept the outward signs of an advanced Vaiṣṇava. Don't try for an outward show of how great you are. Simply always chant the glories of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.