CC Adi 5.177

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 177

kiṁvā, doṅhā nā māniñā hao ta’ pāṣaṇḍa

eke māni’ āre nā māni,—ei-mata bhaṇḍa

SYNONYMS

kiṁvā—otherwise; doṅhā—both of Them; nā—not; māniñā—accepting; hao—you become; ta’—certainly; pāṣaṇḍa—atheist; eke—one of Them; māni’—accepting; āre—the other; nā māni—not accepting; ei-mata—this kind of faith; bhaṇḍa—hypocrisy.

TRANSLATION

“It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other.”

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