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ayacita-vrtti puri--virakta, udasa
ayacita paile kha’na, nahe upavasa
SYNONYMS
ayacita-vrtti—accustomed to avoid begging; puri—Madhavendra Puri; virakta—unattached; udasa—indifferent; ayacita—without begging; paile—if getting; kha’na—he eats; nahe—if not; upavasa—fasting.
Madhavendra Puri avoided begging.
He was completely unattached and indifferent to material things.
If, without his begging, someone offered him some food, he would eat; otherwise he would fast.
PURPORT
This is the paramahamsa stage, the highest stage for a sannyasi.
A sannyasi can beg from door to door just to collect food, but a paramahamsa who has taken ayacita-vrtti, or ajagara-vrtti, does not ask anyone for food.
If someone offers him food voluntarily, he eats.
Ayacita-vrtti means being accustomed to refrain from begging, and ajagara-vrtti indicates one who is compared to a python, the big snake that makes no effort to acquire food but rather allows food to come automatically within its mouth.
In other words, a paramahamsa simply engages exclusively in the service of the Lord without caring even for eating or sleeping.
It was stated about the six Gosvamis: nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau.
In the paramahamsa stage one conquers the desire for sleep, food and sense gratification.
One remains a humble, meek mendicant engaged in the service of the Lord day and night.
Madhavendra Puri had attained this paramahamsa stage.