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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 6]
antarjale vāri-cara-prasaṅgāt pracyāvitam brahma ciram dhṛtam yat
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.
TEXT 51
सङ्गं त्यजेत मिथुनत्रतीनां मुमुक्षुः
सर्वात्मना न विसृजेद् बहिरिन्द्रियाणि ।
एकश्वरन् रहसि चित्तमनन्त ईशे
युञ्जीत तद्वतिषु साधुषु चेत् प्रसङ्गः ॥५१॥
saṅgam tyajeta mithuna-vratīnām mumukṣuḥ sarvātmanā na visṛjed bahir-indriyāṇi ekaś caran rahasi cittam ananta īśe yuñjīta tad-vratiṣu sādhuṣu cet prasaṅgaḥ
saṅgam—association; tyajeta—must give up; mithuna-vratīnām—of a person engaged in sexual affairs, legal or illegal; mumukṣuḥ—persons who desire liberation; sarva-ātmanā—in all respects; na—do not; visṛjet—employ; bahiḥ-indriyāṇi—external senses; ekaḥ—alone; caran—moving; rahasi—in a secluded place; cittam—the heart; anante īśe—