# Cc. Madhya 16.130 ## Text > gadādhara-paṇḍita yabe saṅgete calilā > 'kṣetra-sannyāsa nā chāḍiha'—prabhu niṣedhilā ## Synonyms *gadādhara*-*paṇḍita*—Gadādhara Paṇḍita; *yabe*—when; *saṅgete*—with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *calilā*—started to go; *kṣetra*-*sannyāsa*—the renounced order of life at a holy place of pilgrimage; *nā* *chāḍiha*—do not give up; *prabhu* *niṣedhilā*—Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade. ## Translation **When Gadādhara Paṇḍita started to go with the Lord, he was forbidden to come and was asked not to give up the vow of kṣetra-sannyāsa.** ## Purport When one takes *kṣetra-sannyāsa,* he leaves his household life and goes to a place of pilgrimage devoted to Lord Viṣṇu. Such places include Puruṣottama (Jagannātha Purī), Navadvīpa-dhāma and Mathurā-dhāma. The *kṣetra-sannyāsī* lives in these places alone or with his family. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura considers *kṣetra-sannyāsa* to be the preferable *vānaprastha* situation in this Age of Kali. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya lived in this way, and he has been called a *kṣetra-sannyāsī—*that is, a *sannyāsī* living in Jagannātha Purī.