Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 5.177

kiḿvā, dońhā nā māniñā hao ta' pāṣaṇḍa

eke māni' āre nā māni, — ei-mata bhaṇḍa

SYNONYMS

kiḿvā — otherwise; dońhā — both of Them; nā — not; māniñā — accepting; hao — you become; ta' — certainly; pāṣaṇḍa — atheist; eke — one of Them; māni' — accepting; āre — the other; nā māni — not accepting; ei-mata — this kind of faith; bhaṇḍa — hypocrisy.

TRANSLATION

"It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other."

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