Why has God made me lead this kind of life? (referring to his monastic life) Chaitanyadeva became a sannyasi so that all would salute him. Whoever salutes an Incarnation, even once, obtains liberation.
(p.717, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna,Thakur’s words to the devotees in his room at Dakshineswar on 7 March, 1885)