11.7

virakta sannyasi amara raja-darasana

stri-darasana-sama visera bhaksana

SYNONYMS

virakta—unattached; sannyasi—person in the renounced order; amara—My; raja-darasana—meeting a king; stri-darasana—meeting a woman; sama—like; visera—of poison; bhaksana—drinking “Since I am in the renounced order, it is as dangerous for Me to meet a king as to meet a woman.

To meet either would be just like drinking poison.”