CC Madhya 22.91 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 91
- varaṁ huta-vaha-jvālā-
- pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ
- na śauri-cintā-vimukha-
- jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam
SYNONYMS
varam—better; huta-vaha—of fire; jvālā—in the flames; pañjara-antaḥ—inside a cage; vyavasthitiḥ—abiding; na—not; śauri-cintā—of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or thought of Kṛṣṇa; vimukha—bereft; jana—of persons; saṁvāsa—of the association; vaiśasam—the calamity.
TRANSLATION
" 'It is better to accept the miseries of being encaged within bars and surrounded by burning flames than to associate with those bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such association is a very great hardship.'
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Kātyāyana-saṁhitā.