# Cc. Madhya 22.91 ## Text > varaṁ huta-vaha-jvālā- > pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ > na śauri-cintā-vimukha- > jana-saṁvāsa-vaiśasam ## Synonyms *varam*—better; *huta*-*vaha*—of fire; *jvālā*—in the flames; *pañjara*-*antaḥ*—inside a cage; *vyavasthitiḥ*—abiding; *na*—not; *śauri*-*cintā*—of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or thought of Kṛṣṇa; *vimukha*—bereft; *jana*—of persons; *saṁvāsa*—of the association; *vaiśasam*—the calamity. ## Translation **“ 'It is better to accept the miseries of being encaged within bars and surrounded by burning flames than to associate with those bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such association is a very great hardship.'** ## Purport This is a quotation from the *Kātyāyana-saṁhitā.*