Madhya 22.91

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বরং হুতবহজ্বালা-পঞ্জরান্তর্ব্যবস্থিতিঃ ।
ন শৌরিচিন্তাবিমুখ-জনসংবাসবৈশসম্‌ ॥ ৯১ ॥

varam huta-vaha-jvala-

panjarantar-vyavasthitiḥ

na sauri-cinta-vimukha-

jana-samvasa-vaisasam

SYNONYMS

varam-better; huta-vaha-of fire; jvala-in the flames; panjara-antaḥ-inside a cage; vyavasthitiḥ-abiding; na-not; sauri-cinta-of Krsna consciousness, or thought of Krsna; vimukha-bereft; jana-of persons; samvasa-of the association; vaisasam-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 Krsna consciousness. Such association is a very great hardship.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Katyayana-samhita.

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