CC Madhya 5.38

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 38

শুনি’ সব গোষ্ঠী তার করে হাহাকার ।
‘ঐছে বাত্‌ মুখে তুমি না আনিবে আর ॥ ৩৮ ॥

śuni’ saba goṣṭhī tāra kare hāhā-kāra
‘aiche bāt mukhe tumi nā ānibe āra

Word by word

śuni’ — hearing; saba — all; goṣṭhī — family members and friends; tāra — of the elderly brāhmaṇa; kare — do; hā-hā-kāra — exclamation of disappointment; aiche — such; bāt — proposal; mukhe — in the mouth; tumi — you; nā — not; ānibe — should bring; āra — again.

Translation

When those who belonged to the family circle heard the narration of the old brāhmaṇa, they made exclamations showing their disappointment. They all requested that he not make such a proposal again.