CC ANTYA 3.199
haridāsa kahena,-"yadi nāmābhāse 'mukti' naya
tabe āmāra nāka kāṭimu,-ei suniścaya "
SYNONYMS

haridāsa kahena—Haridāsa Ṭhākura said; yadi—if; nāma-ābhāse—simply by the awakening of the holy name of the Lord; mukti naya—mukti is not available; tabe—then; āmāra—my; nāka—nose; kāṭimu—I shall cut off; ei—this; suniścaya—certain.

TRANSLATION

Then Haridāsa Ṭhākura accepted the challenge offered by Gopāla Cakravartī. "If by nāmābhāsa liberation is not available," he said, "certainly I shall cut off my nose."