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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 5.35-36

“āmi ta’ sannyāsī, āpanāre virakta kari’ māni darśana rahu dūre, ‘prakṛtira’ nāma yadi śunitabahiṅ vikāra pāya mora tanu-mana prakṛti-darśane sthira haya kon jana?”
[“aami ta’ sannyaasee, aapanaare virakta kari’ maani darshana rahu doore, ‘prakritira’ naama yadi shunitabahin vikaara paaya mora tanu-mana prakriti-darshane sthira haya kon jana?”]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
“āmi ta’ sannyāsī, āpanāre virakta kari’ māni darśana rahu dūre, ‘prakṛtira’ nāma yadi śunitabahiṅ vikāra pāya mora tanu-mana prakṛti-darśane sthira haya kon jana?”
“I am a sannyāsī,” He said, “and I certainly consider Myself renounced. But what to speak of seeing a woman, if I even hear the name of a woman, I feel changes in My mind and body. Therefore who could remain unmoved by the sight of a woman? It is very difficult.
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