CC Madhya 22.91
Bengali
বরং হুতবহজ্বালা-পঞ্জরান্তর্ব্যবস্থিতিঃ ।
ন শৌরিচিন্তাবিমুখ-জনসংবাসবৈশসম্ ॥ ৯১ ॥
ন শৌরিচিন্তাবিমুখ-জনসংবাসবৈশসম্ ॥ ৯১ ॥
Text
varaṁ huta-vaha-jvālā-
pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ
na śauri-cintā-vimukha-
jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam
pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ
na śauri-cintā-vimukha-
jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam
Synonyms
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.