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CC Madhya 12.48



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 48

rājāra milane bhikṣukera dui loka nāśa
paraloka rahu, loke kare upahāsa


SYNONYMS

rājāra milane — by meeting with a king; bhikṣukera — of the mendicant; dui loka — in two worlds; nāśa — destruction; para-loka — spiritual world; rahu — let alone; loke — in this material world; kare — do; upahāsa — joking.


TRANSLATION

“If a mendicant meets a king, this world and the next world are both destroyed for the mendicant. Indeed, what is there to say of the next world? In this world, people will joke if a sannyāsī meets a king.”