Verse 1.16.74

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.74:

না জানিযা যে কিছু করিলা অনাচার সে পাপ ঘুচাহ করি’ কল্মা উচ্চার” ॥ ৭৪ ॥

ना जानिया ये किछु करिला अनाचार से पाप घुचाह करि’ कल्मा उच्चार” ॥ ७४ ॥

nā jāniyā ye kichu karilā anācāra se pāpa ghucāha kari’ kalmā uccāra” || 74 ||

na janiya ye kichu karila anacara se papa ghucaha kari’ kalma uccara” (74)

English translation:

(74) “Whatever sinful activities you’ve unknowingly performed can be cleared by uttering kalmā.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Considering that Haridāsa Ṭhākura was related to him as his brother, the Mohammedan king told him, “I want to know why you have been degraded like this. There is no family superior to the Moslem family. By great fortune you have taken birth in a Moslem family, so why have you accepted the behavior of the inferior Hindus. We do not eat rice touched by the Hindus because they are low-class. You have taken birth in a great family, so it is not proper to degrade yourself into a lower family. How will you be delivered after death if you transgress the Mohammedan religious principles and following other religious principles? Give up such sinful behavior and recite the Cāhāra Kalmā, then you will be freed from the sin incurred by following the Hindu religion.

Kalmā (an Arabic word) means “word” or “statement.” Kalmā refers to a passage from the Koran indicating the acceptance of Mohammed’s Islam religion.