CC Madhya 5.39 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

Madhya-līlā 5.38 - Madhya-līlā 5.40

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 39

nīce kanyā dile kula yāibeka nāśa

śuniñā sakala loka karibe upahāsa’

SYNONYMS

nīce — to a lower family; kanyā — daughter; dile — if offering; kula — family tradition; yāibeka — will go to; nāśa — destruction; śuniñā — hearing; sakala — all; loka — friends; karibe — will do; upahāsa — joking.

TRANSLATION

They unanimously agreed, “If you offer your daughter to a degraded family, your aristocracy will be lost. When people hear of this, they will make jokes and laugh at you.”

Madhya-līlā 5.38 - Madhya-līlā 5.40