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CC Madhya 25.28

Bengali

শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য-বাক্য দৃঢ় সত্য মানি ।
কলিকালে সন্ন্যাসে ‘সংসার’ নাহি জিনি ॥ ২৮ ॥

Text

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-vākya dṛḍha satya māni
kali-kāle sannyāse ‘saṁsāra’ nāhi jini

Synonyms

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-vākya — the words of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dṛḍha — very firm and convincing; satya māni — I admit as truth; kali-kāle — in this Age of Kali; sannyāse — simply by accepting the renounced order of life; saṁsāra nāhi jini — one cannot escape the material clutches.

Translation

“The words of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu are firm and convincing, and I accept them as true. In this Age of Kali, one cannot be delivered from the material clutches simply by formally accepting the renounced order.