CC Madhya 7.23
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 7, Text 23
মুকুন্দ হয়েন দুঃখী দেখি’ সন্ন্যাস-ধর্ম ।
তিনবারে শীতে স্নান, ভূমিতে শয়ন ॥ ২৩ ॥
তিনবারে শীতে স্নান, ভূমিতে শয়ন ॥ ২৩ ॥
mukunda hayena duḥkhī dekhi’ sannyāsa-dharma
tinabāre śīte snāna, bhūmite śayana
tinabāre śīte snāna, bhūmite śayana
Word by word
mukunda — Mukunda; hayena — becomes; duḥkhī — unhappy; dekhi’ — seeing; sannyāsa-dharma — My regulative principles in the renounced order; tina-bāre — three times; śīte — in the winter; snāna — bath; bhūmite — on the ground; śayana — lying down.
Translation
“Being a sannyāsī, I have a duty to lie down on the ground and to take a bath three times a day, even during the winter. But Mukunda becomes very unhappy when he sees My severe austerities.”