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CC Antya 18.51

Text

kibā brahma-daitya, kibā bhūta, kahane nā yāya
darśana-mātre manuṣyera paiśe sei kāya

Synonyms

kibā — whether; brahma-daitya — a brāhmaṇa ghost; kibā — or; bhūta — an ordinary ghost; kahane yāya — I cannot say; darśana-mātre — as soon as one sees; manuṣyera — of a man; paiśe — enters; sei kāya — that body.

Translation

“I do not know whether the corpse I found was the ghost of a dead brāhmaṇa or an ordinary man, but as soon as one looks upon it, the ghost enters his body.