# Cc. Madhya 25.195 ## 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.**