SB 9.6.50
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 50
- aho imaṁ paśyata me vināśaṁ
- tapasvinaḥ sac-carita-vratasya
- antarjale vāri-cara-prasaṅgāt
- pracyāvitaṁ brahma ciraṁ dhṛtaṁ yat
SYNONYMS
aho — alas; imam — this; paśyata — just see; me — of me; vināśam — falldown; tapasvinaḥ — who was such a great mystic performing austerity; sat-carita — of very good character, observing all necessary rules and regulations; vratasya — of one who has taken a vow strictly; antaḥ-jale — in the depths of the water; vāri-cara-prasaṅgāt — because of the affairs of the aquatics; pracyāvitam — fallen; brahma — from the activities of Brahman realization or austerity; ciram — for a long time; dhṛtam — executed; yat — which.
TRANSLATION
Alas! While practicing austerity, even within the depths of the water, and while observing all the rules and regulations practiced by saintly persons, I lost the results of my long austerities simply by association with the sexual affairs of fish. Everyone should observe this falldown and learn from it.