CC Antya 2.119 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Antya-līlā - Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

Antya-līlā 2.118 - Antya-līlā 2.120

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 119

mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā

nā viviktāsano bhavet

balavān indriya-grāmo

vidvāṁsam api karṣati

SYNONYMS

mātrā—with one’s mother; svasrā—with one’s sister; duhitrā—with one’s daughter; vā—or; nā—not; vivikta-āsanaḥ—sitting together; bhavet—there should be; balavān—very strong; indriya-grāmaḥ—the group of senses; vidvāṁsam—a person with knowledge of liberation; api—even; karṣati—attract.

TRANSLATION

“‘One should not sit closely with one’s mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that they may attract even a person advanced in knowledge.’

PURPORT

This verse appears in the Manu-saṁhitā (2.215) and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 9.19.17).