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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.91
বরং হুতবহজ্বালা-পঞ্জরান্তর্ব্যবস্থিতিঃ ।
ন শৌরিচিন্তাবিমুখ-জনসংবাসবৈশসম্ ॥ ৯১ ॥
varaṁ huta-vaha-jvālā-
pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ
na śauri-cintā-vimukha-
jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam
“ ‘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.’
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The verse warns against association with those bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
It describes such association as a very great hardship.
To stress the warning, it says that confinement within bars and burning flames would be preferable.
Trust and resolution. Devotional practice and association offer a steady path for awakening love.
The mood of Madhya 22 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
If one has firm faith in the words of a great soul, pure devotional service will awaken. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu differentiates between a pure devotee and others.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “association”, “associate”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I recognize the spiritual hardship that unsuitable association can bring?
Decline one optional opportunity today to spend time in association bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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