TEXT 42
vipra bale,--"saksi bolana karibeka nyaya
jiti' kanya labe, mora vyartha dharma haya"
SYNONYMS
vipra balethe brahmana says; saksia witness; bolanacalling for; karibekathere will be; nyayajustice; jiti'-winning; kanyathe daughter; labehe will take; moramy; vyarthameaningless; dharmareligious principles; hayawill 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."

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