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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Because they were minister, everyone used to come to see, and they were associated with. But they gave up. Tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīm. How it was given up? Sadā tuccha-vat: "Oh, it is insignificant. What is this? There is no need of . . ." And bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karu . . . why? Why they gave it up? Because they thought, under the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they understood that, "So many mass of people are suffering without Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we have to do something for them." Therefore they gave up. Not a fancy: "I become naked, that's all.".
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[[Vanisource:731211 - Lecture SB 01.15.33 - Los Angeles|731211 - Lecture SB 01.15.33 - Los Angeles]]
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So it is the question of advancement. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His followers taught us that if you feel separation . . . how you will feel separation unless you love? And you simply worship the Supreme in a feeling of separation, then that is perfection. Then that is perfection. Therefore the Gosvāmīs, their prayer, their method of worshiping the Lord at Vṛndāvana . . . they left their ministerial post and went to Vṛndāvana by the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. So what was their process?

The process was tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tuccha-vat (Śrī Śrī Ṣaḍ Gosvāmy Aṣṭaka 4). They gave up their materialistic way of life as very insignificant. They were ministers. They were minister. Their associates were very big, big men. But tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati. Maṇḍala-pati means leaders, leaders of the society, poli . . . big, big politician, businessmen, important men. Because they were minister, everyone used to come to see, and they were associated with. But they gave up. Tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīm. How it was given up? Sadā tuccha-vat: "Oh, it is insignificant. What is this? There is no need of . . ."

And bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karu . . . why? Why they gave it up? Because they thought, under the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they understood that, "So many mass of people are suffering without Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we have to do something for them." Therefore they gave up. Not a fancy: "I become naked, that's all." What is the use of your becoming naked? You must do something. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Not that "I have become a mendicant. I have given up all material things." You cannot give material things. Instead of coat, pant, you may have a shabby cloth. That's all. You cannot give up. That is not possible. You have to accept something.
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