CC Madhya 5.63
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 63
এত শুনি’ লোকের মনে হইল সংশয় ।
‘সম্ভবে, — ধনলোভে লোক ছাড়ে ধর্মভয় ॥’ ৬৩ ॥
‘সম্ভবে, — ধনলোভে লোক ছাড়ে ধর্মভয় ॥’ ৬৩ ॥
eta śuni’ lokera mane ha-ila saṁśaya
‘sambhave, — dhana-lobhe loka chāḍe dharma-bhaya’
‘sambhave, — dhana-lobhe loka chāḍe dharma-bhaya’
Word by word
eta śuni’ — hearing all this; lokera — of all the people; mane — in the minds; ha-ila — there was; saṁśaya — doubt; sambhave — possible; dhana-lobhe — by greed for money; loka — some man; chāḍe — gives up; dharma-bhaya — religious principles.
Translation
Hearing all these statements, all the people gathered there became a little doubtful. They thought it quite possible that because of attraction for riches one might give up his religious principles.