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  "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.\""

} —

Cc. Ādi 5.177

Text

kiṁvā, doṅhā nā māniñā hao ta' pāṣaṇḍa
eke māni' āre nā māni,—ei-mata bhaṇḍa

Synonyms

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.

Translation

“It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other.”