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tabe ami kahilan--suna, maha-mati

tomara stri-putra-jnatira na habe sammati

SYNONYMS

tabe—at that time; ami—I; kahilan—said; suna—please hear; maha-mati—O intelligent brahmana; tomara—your; stri-putra—wife and children; jnatira—kinsmen; na habe sammati—will not agree "I then said, ’Please hear.

You are a learned brahmana.

Your wife, friends and relatives will never agree to this proposal.