CC Madhya 5.39
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 39
নীচে কন্যা দিলে কুল যাইবেক নাশ ।
শুনিঞা সকল লোক করিবে উপহাস ॥’ ৩৯ ॥
শুনিঞা সকল লোক করিবে উপহাস ॥’ ৩৯ ॥
nīce kanyā dile kula yāibeka nāśa
śuniñā sakala loka karibe upahāsa’
śuniñā sakala loka karibe upahāsa’
Word by word
nīce — to a lower family; kanyā — daughter; dile — if offering; kula — family tradition; yāibeka — will go to; nāśa — destruction; śuniñā — hearing; sakala — all; loka — friends; karibe — will do; upahāsa — joking.
Translation
They unanimously agreed, “If you offer your daughter to a degraded family, your aristocracy will be lost. When people hear of this, they will make jokes and laugh at you.”