tabe - then; sei - that; yavanere - from the meat-eaters; āmi - I; ta' - certainly; puchila - inquired; hindu - the Hindu; hari bale - says Hari; tara - his; svabhāva - nature; jānila - I know.

“I then inquired from these yavanas, ‘I know that these Hindus by nature chant “Hari, Hari.”