Madhya 5.42

TEXT 42

TEXT

বিপ্র বলে, - "সাক্ষী বোলাঞা করিবেক ন্যায় ।
জিতি' কন্যা লবে, মোর ব্যর্থ ধর্ম হয় ॥" ৪২ ॥

vipra bale,-"saksi bolana karibeka nyaya

jiti' kanya labe, mora vyartha dharma haya"

SYNONYMS

vipra bale-the brahmana says; saksi-a witness; bolana-calling for; karibeka-there will be; nyaya-justice; jiti'-winning; kanya-the daughter; labe-he will take; mora-my; vyartha-meaningless; dharma-religious principles; haya-will be.

TRANSLATION

The elderly brahmana said: "If I do not give my daughter to the young brahmana, he will call Sri Gopalaji as a witness. Thus he will take my daughter by force, and in that case my religious principles will become meaningless."