CC Antya 3.199 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 199
- haridāsa kahena,—“yadi nāmābhāse ‘mukti’ naya
- tabe āmāra nāka kāṭimu,—ei suniścaya“
SYNONYMS
haridāsa kahena—Haridāsa Ṭhākura said; yadi—if; nāma-ābhāse—simply by the awakening of the holy name of the Lord; mukti naya—mukti is not available; tabe—then; āmāra—my; nāka—nose; kāṭimu—I shall cut off; ei—this; suniścaya—certain.
TRANSLATION
Then Haridāsa Ṭhākura accepted the challenge offered by Gopāla Cakravartī. “If by nāmābhāsa liberation is not available,” he said, “certainly I shall cut off my nose.”