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CC Ādi 17.198

Bengali

ম্লেচ্ছ কহে,—হিন্দুরে আমি করি পরিহাস ।
কেহ কেহ—কৃষ্ণদাস, কেহ—রামদাস ॥ ১৯৮ ॥

Text

mleccha kahe, — hindure āmi kari parihāsa
keha keha — kṛṣṇadāsa, keha — rāmadāsa

Synonyms

mleccha — the meat-eater; kahe — says; hindure — unto a Hindu; āmi — I; kari — do; parihāsa — joking; keha keha — some of them; kṛṣṇadāsa — Kṛṣṇadāsa; keha — some of them; rāmadāsa — Rāmadāsa.

Translation

“The meat-eater replied, ‘Sometimes I joke with the Hindus. Some of them are called Kṛṣṇadāsa, and some are called Rāmadāsa.