CC Adi 5.177
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 177
- 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; nā māni — 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.”