### CC Adi 10.96

> তবে দুই ভাই তাঁরে মরিতে না দিল ।\
> নিজ তৃতীয় ভাই করি’ নিকটে রাখিল ॥৯৬॥

> tabe dui bhāi tāṅre marite nā dila\
> nija tṛtīya bhāi kari' nikaṭe rākhila

*tabe*—at that time; *dui bhāi*—the two brothers (Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana); *tāṅre*—him; *marite*—to die; *nā dila*—did not allow; *nija*—own; *tṛtīya*—third; *bhāi*—brother; *kari'*—accepting; *nikaṭe*—near; *rākhila*—kept him.

**These two brothers, however, did not allow him to die. They accepted him as their third brother and kept him in their company.**