CC Madhya 5.86 (1975)
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 86
- eta śuni’ nāstika loka upahāsa kare
- keha bale, īśvara—dayālu, āsiteha pāre
SYNONYMS
eta śuni’—hearing this; nāstika—atheistic; loka—class of men; upahāsa—joking; kare—do; keha bale—someone says; īśvara—God; dayālu—merciful; āsiteha pāre—He is able to come.
TRANSLATION
Hearing the emphatic statement of the younger brāhmaṇa, some atheists in the meeting began to cut jokes. However, someone else said, “After all, the Lord is merciful, and if He likes, He can come.”