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CC Madhya 5.42

বিপ্র বলে, — “সাক্ষী বোলাঞা করিবেক ন্যায় ।
জিতি’ কন্যা লবে, মোর ব্যর্থ ধর্ম হয় ॥” ৪২ ॥
vipra bale, — “sākṣī bolāñā karibeka nyāya
jiti’ kanyā labe, mora vyartha dharma haya”

Synonyms

vipra balethe brāhmaṇa says; sākṣīa witness; bolāñācalling for; karibekathere will be; nyāyajustice; jiti’winning; kanyāthe daughter; labehe will take; moramy; vyarthameaningless; dharmareligious principles; hayawill be.

Translation

The elderly brāhmaṇa said, “If I do not give my daughter to the young brāhmaṇa, he will call Śrī Gopālajī as a witness. Thus he will take my daughter by force, and in that case my religious principles will become meaningless.”