Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 2.119

mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā

nā viviktāsano bhavet

balavān indriya-grāmo

vidvāḿsam api karṣati

SYNONYMS

mātrā — with one's mother; svasrā — with one's sister; duhitrā — with one's daughter; vā — or; nā — not; vivikta-āsanaḥ — sitting together; bhavet — there should be; balavān — very strong; indriya-grāmaḥ — the group of senses; vidvāḿsam — a person with knowledge of liberation; api — even; karṣati — attract.

TRANSLATION

"'One should not sit closely with one's mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that they may attract even a person advanced in knowledge.'

PURPORT

This verse appears in the Manu-saḿhitā (2.215) and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (9.19.17).

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