Ādi-līlāChapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 16.65

'brāhmaṇa-patnīra bhartāra haste deha dāna'

śabda śunitei haya dvitīya-bhartā jñāna

SYNONYMS

brāhmaṇa-patnīra — of the wife of a brāhmaṇa; bhartāra — of the husband; hastein the hand; deha — give; dāna — charity; śabda — these words; śunitei — hearing; haya — there is; dvitīya-bhartā — another husband; jñāna — knowledge.

TRANSLATION

"If someone says, 'Place this charity in the hand of the husband of the wife of the brāhmaṇa,' when we hear these contradictory words we immediately understand that the brāhmaṇa's wife has another husband.

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