# Cc. Ādi 17.272 ## Text > eta bali' bhāratī gosāñi kāṭoyāte gelā > mahāprabhu tāhā yāi' sannyāsa karilā ## Synonyms *eta* *bali'*—saying this; *bhāratī*—Keśava Bhāratī; *gosāñi*—the spiritual master; *kāṭoyāte*—to Katwa; *gelā*—went; *mahāprabhu*—Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *tahā*—there; *yai'*—going; *sannyāsa*—the renounced order of life; *karilā*—accepted. ## Translation **After saying this, Keśava Bhāratī, the spiritual master, went back to his village, Katwa. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu went there and accepted the renounced order of life [sannyāsa].** ## Purport At the end of His twenty-fourth year, at the end of the fortnight of the waxing moon, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left Navadvīpa and crossed the river Ganges at a place known as Nidayāra-ghāṭa. Then He reached Kaṇṭaka-nagara, or Kāṭoyā (Katwa), where He accepted *ekadaṇḍa-sannyāsa* according to the Śaṅkarite system. Since Keśava Bhāratī belonged to the Śaṅkarite sect, he could not initiate Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Vaiṣṇava *sannyāsa* order, whose members carry the *tridaṇḍa.* Candraśekhara Ācārya assisted in the routine ceremonial work of the Lord's acceptance of *sannyāsa.* By the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, *kīrtana* was performed for the entire day, and at the end of the day the Lord shaved off His hair. On the next day He became a regular *sannyāsī,* with one rod (*ekadaṇḍa*). From that day on His name was Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. Before that, He was known as Nimāi Paṇḍita. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the *sannyāsa* order, traveled all over Rāḍha-deśa, the region where the Ganges River cannot be seen. Keśava Bhāratī accompanied Him for some distance.