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Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Verse 195 of 282
Cc Madhya 25.195

প্রাযশ্চিত্ত পুছিলা তিঙ্হো পণ্ডিতের গণে তাঙ্রা কহে,—তপ্তঘৃত খাঞা ছাডঽ প্রাণে

प्रायश्चित्त पुछिला तिङ्हो पण्डितेर गणे ताङ्रा कहे,—तप्तघृत खाञा छाडऽ प्राणे

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.

Verse 195 of 282