CC Madhya 25.195 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Madhya-līlā 25.194 - Madhya-līlā 25.196

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 195

prāyaścitta puchilā tiṅho paṇḍitera gaṇe

tāṅrā kahe,-tapta-ghṛta khāñā chāḍa' prāṇe

SYNONYMS

prāyaścitta—atonement; puchilā—inquired; tiṅho—he; paṇḍitera gaṇe—among the learned scholars or brāhmaṇa-paṇḍitas in Vārāṇasī; tāṅrā kahe—they advised; tapta-ghṛta—hot clarified butter; khāñā—drinking; chāḍa'-give up; prāṇe—your life.

TRANSLATION

When Subuddhi Rāya consulted the learned brāhmaṇas at Vārāṇasī, asking them how his conversion to Mohammedanism could be counteracted, they advised him to drink hot ghee and give up his life.

Madhya-līlā 25.194 - Madhya-līlā 25.196