Srila Prabhupada Accepting Sanyasa

2010-09-23 
Srimad Bhagavatam 09.04.01 - Srila Prabhupada Accepting Sanyasa (download mp3)
by Radha Vallabha Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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 SB 9.4.1
sri-suka uvaca
nabhago nabhagapatyam
yam tatam bhratarah kavim
yavistham vyabhajan dayam
brahmacarinam agatam

Translation:
Sukadeva Gosvami said: The son of Nabhaga named Nabhaga lived for a long time at the place of his spiritual master. Therefore, his brothers thought that he was not going to become a grhastha and would not return. Consequently, without providing a share for him, they divided the property of their father among themselves. When Nabhaga returned from the place of his spiritual master, they gave him their father as his share.

Purport:
There are two kinds of brahmacaris. One may return home, marry and become a householder, whereas the other, known as brhad-vrata, takes a vow to remain a brahmacari perpetually. The brhad-vrata brahmacari does not return from the place of the spiritual master; he stays there, and later he directly takes sannyasa. Because Nabhaga did not return from the place of his spiritual master, his brothers thought that he had taken brhadvrata-brahmacarya. Therefore, they did not preserve his share, and when he returned they gave him their father as his share.