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rajara milane bhiksukera dui loka nasa

paraloka rahu, loke kare upahasa

SYNONYMS

rajara milane—by meeting with a king; bhiksukera—of the mendicant; dui loka—in two worlds; nasa—destruction; para-loka—spiritual world; rahu—let alone; loke—in this material world; kare—do; upahasa—joking “If a mendicant meets a king, this world and the next world are both destroyed for the mendicant.

Indeed, what is there to say of the next world? In this world, people will joke if a sannyasi meets a king.”