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prayascitta puchila tinho panditera gane

tanra kahe,-tapta-ghrta khana chada’ prane

SYNONYMS

prayascitta—atonement; puchila—inquired; tinho—he; panditera gane—among the learned scholars or brahmana-panditas in Varanasi; tanra kahe—they advised; tapta-ghrta—hot clarified butter; khana—drinking; chada’-give up; prane—your life.

When Subuddhi Raya consulted the learned brahmanas at Varanasi, asking them how his conversion to Mohammedanism could be counteracted, they advised him to drink hot ghee and give up his life.