### CC Adi 5.177

> কিংবা, দোঁহা না মানিঞা হও ত’ পাষণ্ড ।\
> একে মানি’ আরে না মানি, — এইমত ভণ্ড ॥১৭৭॥

> kiṁvā, doṅhā nā māniñā hao ta' pāṣaṇḍa\
> eke māni' āre nā māni,—ei-mata bhaṇḍa

*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; *nāmāni*—not accepting; *ei-mata*—this kind of faith; *bhaṇḍa*—hypocrisy.

**"It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other."**