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CC Madhya 10.159

Bengali

ভাল কহেন, — চর্মাম্বর দম্ভ লাগি’ পরি ।
চর্মাম্বর-পরিধানে সংসার না তরি ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

Text

bhāla kahena, — carmāmbara dambha lāgi’ pari
carmāmbara-paridhāne saṁsāra nā tari

Synonyms

bhāla — well; kahena — He said; carma-ambara — the garment of deerskin; dambha — prestige; lāgi’ — for the matter of; pari — I put on; carma-ambara-paridhāne — by putting on a garment of skin; saṁsāra — the material world; tari — I cannot cross.

Translation

Thus admitting his mistake, Brahmānanda Bhāratī thought, “He spoke well. I put on this deerskin only for prestige. I cannot cross over the ocean of nescience simply by wearing a deerskin.