Madhya-līlāChapter 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 11.7

virakta sannyāsī āmāra rāja-daraśana

strī-daraśana-sama viṣera bhakṣaṇa

SYNONYMS

virakta — unattached; sannyāsī — person in the renounced order; āmāra — My; rāja-daraśana — meeting a king; strī-daraśana — meeting a woman; sama — like; viṣera — of poison; bhakṣaṇa — drinking.

TRANSLATION

"Since I am in the renounced order, it is as dangerous for Me to meet a king as to meet a woman. To meet either would be just like drinking poison."

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