CC Madhya 22.13

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

CC Madhya 22.12

CC Madhya 22.14

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 13

sei doṣe māyā-piśācī daṇḍa kare tāre
ādhyātmikādi tāpa-traya tāre jāri’ māre

SYNONYMS

sei doṣe—because of this fault; māyā-piśācī—the witch known as the external energy; daṇḍa kare—gives punishment; tāre—unto him; ādhyātmika-ādi—beginning with those pertaining to the body and mind; tāpa-traya—the threefold miseries; tāre—him; jāri’—burning; māre—gives pain.

TRANSLATION

“Due to his being opposed to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the conditioned soul is punished by the witch of the external energy, māyā. He is thus ready to suffer the threefold miseries—miseries brought about by the body and mind, the inimical behavior of other living entities and natural disturbances caused by the demigods.