CC Madhya 5.39

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