Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 12.48
Guarding a Mendicant’s Spiritual Standing
“If a mendicant meets a king, this world and the next world are both destroyed for the mendicant. Indeed, what is there to say of the next world? In this world, people will joke if a sannyāsī meets a king.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord warned that if a mendicant meets a king, both this world and the next world are destroyed for the mendicant.
- His warning included consequences beyond this present life.
- He also emphasized an immediate consequence: people in this world would joke if a sannyāsī met a king.
Try this today
Write down the two kinds of consequences the Lord names: those in this world and those in the next.
Ask yourself
How does this warning deepen my understanding of the care required in a mendicant’s conduct?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.