10.154
brahmananda pariyache mrga-carmambara
taha dekhi’ prabhu duhkha paila antara
SYNONYMS
brahmananda—Brahmananda; pariyache—did wear; mrga-carma-ambara—a garment made of deerskin; taha dekhi’—seeing that; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; duhkha—unhappiness; paila—got; antara—within Himself.
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees approached him, they saw that he was covered with a deerskin.
Seeing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very unhappy.
PURPORT
Brahmananda Bharati belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya (The title bharati indicates a member of one of that sampradaya’s ten classes of sannyasis.) It is customary for a person who has renounced the world to cover his body with a deerskin or the bark of a tree.
This is enjoined by the Manu-samhita.
But if a sannyasi who has renounced the world simply wears a deerskin and does not spiritually advance, he is bewildered by false prestige.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like to see Brahmananda Bharati wearing a deerskin.