SB 11.26.24
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 24
- tasmāt saṅgo na kartavyaḥ
- strīṣu straiṇeṣu cendriyaiḥ
- viduṣāṁ cāpy avisrabdhaḥ
- ṣaḍ-vargaḥ kim u mādṛśām
SYNONYMS
tasmāt — therefore; saṅgaḥ — association; na kartavyaḥ — should never be made; strīṣu — with women; straiṇeṣu — with men attached to women; ca — and; indriyaiḥ — by one's senses; viduṣām — of wise men; ca api — even; avisrabdhaḥ — untrustworthy; ṣaṭ-vargaḥ — the six enemies of the mind (lust, anger, greed, bewilderment, intoxication and envy); kim u — what to speak; mādṛśām — of persons like me.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Therefore one should never let his senses associate freely with women or with men attached to women. Even those who are highly learned cannot trust the six enemies of the mind; what to speak, then, of foolish persons like me.