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CC Madhya 18.199

Bengali

ম্লেচ্ছ কহে, — যেই কহ, সেই ‘সত্য’ হয় ।
শাস্ত্রে লিখিয়াছে, কেহ লইতে না পারয় ॥ ১৯৯ ॥

Text

mleccha kahe, — yei kaha, sei ‘satya’ haya
śāstre likhiyāche, keha la-ite nā pāraya

Synonyms

mleccha kahe — the Muslim replied; yei kaha — what You say; sei — that; satya haya — is true; śāstre — in the Koran; likhiyāche — it has been written; keha — anyone; la-ite — to take; nā pāraya — is not able.

Translation

The saintly Muslim replied, “All that You have said is true. This has certainly been written in the Koran, but our scholars can neither understand nor accept it.