—json {
"name":"Cc. Ādi 5.177", "h1":"Cc. Ādi 5.177", "label":"Text 177", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 5.177", "description":"\"It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other.\""
} —
kiṁvā, doṅhā nā māniñā hao ta' pāṣaṇḍa
eke māni' āre nā māni,—ei-mata bhaṇḍa
kiṁvā—otherwise; doṅhā—both of Them; nā—not; māniñā—accepting; hao—you become; ta'—certainly; pāṣaṇḍa—atheist; eke—one of Them; māni'—accepting; āre—the other; nāmāni—not accepting; ei-mata—this kind of faith; bhaṇḍa—hypocrisy.
“It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other.”