CC Madhya 5.20

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 20

কৃতঘ্নতা হয় তোমায় না কৈলে সম্মান ।
অতএব তোমায় আমি দিব কন্যাদান ॥ ২০ ॥

kṛta-ghnatā haya tomāya nā kaile sammāna
ataeva tomāya āmi diba kanyā-dāna

Word by word

kṛta-ghnatā — ungratefulness; haya — it is; tomāya — to you; nā — not; kaile — if doing; sammāna — respect; ataeva — therefore; tomāya — to you; āmi — I; diba — shall give; kanyā-dāna — my daughter as charity.

Translation

“If I did not show you any respect, I would be ungrateful. Therefore, I promise to give you my daughter in charity.”