CC Madhya 5.42
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 42
বিপ্র বলে, — “সাক্ষী বোলাঞা করিবেক ন্যায় ।
জিতি’ কন্যা লবে, মোর ব্যর্থ ধর্ম হয় ॥” ৪২ ॥
জিতি’ কন্যা লবে, মোর ব্যর্থ ধর্ম হয় ॥” ৪২ ॥
vipra bale, — “sākṣī bolāñā karibeka nyāya
jiti’ kanyā labe, mora vyartha dharma haya”
jiti’ kanyā labe, mora vyartha dharma haya”
Word by word
vipra bale — the brāhmaṇa says; sākṣī — a witness; bolāñā — calling for; karibeka — there will be; nyāya — justice; jiti’ — winning; kanyā — the daughter; labe — he will take; mora — my; vyartha — meaningless; dharma — religious principles; haya — will be.
Translation
The elderly brāhmaṇa said, “If I do not give my daughter to the young brāhmaṇa, he will call Śrī Gopālajī as a witness. Thus he will take my daughter by force, and in that case my religious principles will become meaningless.”