varam — better; huta-vaha — of fire; jvālā — in the flames; pañjara-antaḥ — inside a cage; vyavasthitiḥ — abiding; na — not; śauri-cintā — of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or thought of Kṛṣṇa; vimukha — bereft; jana — of persons; saṁvāsa — of the association; vaiśasam — the calamity.