CC Madhya 12.48 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 48
- rājāra milane bhikṣukera dui loka nāśa
- paraloka rahu, loke kare upahāsa
SYNONYMS
rājāra milane—by meeting with a king; bhikṣukera—of the mendicant; dui loka—in two worlds; nāśa—destruction; para-loka—spiritual world; rahu—let alone; loke—in this material world; kare—do; upahāsa—joking.
TRANSLATION
“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.”