CC Madhya 25.195 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.