CC Madhya 5.39 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

Madhya-līlā 5.38 - Madhya-līlā 5.40

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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