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eta suni’ nastika loka upahasa kare

keha bale, isvara--dayalu, asiteha pare

SYNONYMS

eta suni’-hearing this; nastika—atheistic; loka—class of men; upahasa—joking; kare—do; keha bale—someone says; isvara—God; dayalu—merciful; asiteha pare—He is able to come.

Hearing the emphatic statement of the younger brahmana, some atheists in the meeting began to cut jokes.

However, someone else said, “After all, the Lord is merciful, and if He likes, He can come.”