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CC Antya 8.44 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 44

'sannyāsī hañā kare miṣṭānna bhakṣaṇa
ei bhoge haya kaiche indriya-vāraṇa'?


SYNONYMS

sannyāsī hañā—being a sannyāsī; kare miṣṭānna bhakṣaṇa—eats sweetmeats; ei bhoge—by this eating; haya—there is; kaiche—how; indriya-vāraṇa—controlling the senses.


TRANSLATION

At last he found a fault."How can a person in the renounced order eat so many sweetmeats?" he said. "If one eats sweets, controlling the senses is very difficult."