# Cc. Madhya 25.195 > প্রায়শ্চিত্ত পুছিলা তিঁহো পণ্ডিতের গণে । > তাঁরা কহে, — তপ্ত-ঘৃত খাঞা ছাড়’ প্রাণে ॥১৯৫॥ ## Text > prāyaścitta puchilā tiṅho paṇḍitera gaṇe > tāṅrā kahe,-tapta-ghṛta khāñā chāḍa' prāṇe ## Synonyms *prāyaścitta*—atonement; *puchilā*—inquired; *tiṅho*—he; *paṇḍitera gaṇe*—among the learned scholars or *brāhmaṇa-paṇḍitas* in Vārāṇasī; *tāṅrā kahe*—they advised; *tapta-ghṛta*—hot clarified butter; *khāñā*—drinking; *chāḍa'*—give up; *prāṇe*—your life. ## Translation **When Subuddhi Rāya consulted the learned brāhmaṇas at Vārāṇasī, asking them how his conversion to Mohammedanism could be counteracted, they advised him to drink hot ghee and give up his life.**