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CC Madhya 7.23



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.