CC Madhya 7.23

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 23

mukunda hayena duḥkhī dekhi’ sannyāsa-dharma

tinabāre śīte snāna, bhūmite śayana

SYNONYMS

mukunda—Mukunda; hayena—becomes; duḥkhī—unhappy; dekhi’—seeing; sannyāsa-dharma—My regulative principles in the renounced order; tina-bāre—three times; śīte—in the winter; snāna—bath; bhūmite—on the ground; śayana—lying down.

TRANSLATION

“Being a sannyāsī, I have a duty to lie down on the ground and to take a bath three times a day, even during the winter. But Mukunda becomes very unhappy when he sees My severe austerities.

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