CC Madhya 12.48

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

Madhya-līlā 12.47 - Madhya-līlā 12.49

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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.”

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