CC Madhya 22.91 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 91

varaṁ huta-vaha-jvālā-

pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ

na śauri-cintā-vimukha-

jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam

SYNONYMS

varam—better; huta-vaha—of fire; jvālā—in the flames; pañjara-antaḥ—inside a cage; vyavasthitiḥ—abiding; na—not; śauri-cintā—of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or thought of Kṛṣṇa; vimukha—bereft; jana—of persons; saṁvāsa—of the association; vaiśasam—the calamity.

TRANSLATION

" 'It is better to accept the miseries of being encaged within bars and surrounded by burning flames than to associate with those bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such association is a very great hardship.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Kātyāyana-saṁhitā.