Caitanya-caritāmṛta 22.91
varaṁ huta-vaha-jvālā- pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ na śauri-cintā-vimukha- jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam
[varam huta-vaha-jvaalaa- panjaraantar-vyavasthitih na shauri-chintaa-vimukha- jana-samvaasa-vaishasam]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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.’
Purport
This is a quotation from the Kātyāyana-saṁhitā.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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