CC Madhya 15.48 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Madhya-līlā 15.47 - Madhya-līlā 15.49

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 48

tāṅra sevā chāḍi’ āmi kariyāchi sannyāsa

dharma nahe, kari āmi nija dharma-nāśa

SYNONYMS

tāṅra sevā chāḍi’ — giving up her service; āmi — I; kariyāchi — accepted; sannyāsa — the renounced order of life; dharma nahe — it is not My religion; kari — perform; āmi — I; nija dharma-nāśa — destruction of My religious principles.

TRANSLATION

“I have given up the service of My mother and have accepted the sannyāsa order. Actually I should not have done this, for by so doing I have destroyed My religious principles.

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