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.


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

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