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CC Antya 8.44

Text

‘sannyāsī hañā kare miṣṭānna bhakṣaṇa
ei bhoge haya kaiche indriya-vāraṇa’?

Synonyms

sannyāsī hañā — being a sannyāsī; kare miṣṭānna bhakṣaṇa — eats sweetmeats; ei bhoge — by this eating; haya — there is; kaiche — how; indriya-vāraṇa — controlling the senses.

Translation

At last he found a fault. “How can a person in the renounced order eat so many sweetmeats?” he said. “If one eats sweets, controlling the senses is very difficult.”