CC Madhya 5.56
Bengali
তবে সেই বিপ্রেরে পুছিল সর্বজন ।
‘কন্যা কেনে না দেহ, যদি দিয়াছ বচন ॥’ ৫৬ ॥
‘কন্যা কেনে না দেহ, যদি দিয়াছ বচন ॥’ ৫৬ ॥
Verse text
tabe sei viprere puchila sarva-jana
‘kanyā kene nā deha, yadi diyācha vacana’
‘kanyā kene nā deha, yadi diyācha vacana’
Synonyms
Translation
All the people gathered there asked the elderly brāhmaṇa, “If you have already promised to give him your daughter in charity, why are you not fulfilling your promise? You have given your word of honor.”