### CC Antya 4.60

> দেহত্যাগাদি তমো-ধর্ম — পাতক-কারণ ।\
> সাধক না পায় তাতে কৃষ্ণের চরণ ॥৬০॥

> deha-tyāgādi tamo-dharma—pātaka-kāraṇa\
> sādhaka nā pāya tāte kṛṣṇera caraṇa

*deha-tyāga*—giving up the material body by suicide; *ādi*—beginning with; *tamaḥ-dharma*—on the platform of the mode of ignorance; *pātaka-kāraṇa*—cause of sinful activities; *sādhaka*—the devotee; *nā pāya*—does not get; *tāte*—by that; *kṛṣṇera caraṇa*—the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.

**"Measures like suicide are causes for sin. A devotee never achieves shelter at Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet by such actions.**