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CC Madhya 5.52



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 52

‘āre adhama! mora bhagnī cāha vivāhite
vāmana hañā cāṅda yena cāha ta’ dharite’


SYNONYMS

āre adhama — O most degraded one; mora — my; bhagnī — sister; cāha — you want; vivāhite — to marry; vāmana — a dwarf; hañā — being; cāṅda — the moon; yena — as if; cāha — you want; ta’ — certainly; dharite — to capture.


TRANSLATION

The son said, “Oh, you are most degraded! You want to marry my sister, just like a dwarf who wants to catch the moon!”