āra - another; mleccha - meat-eater; kahe - said; śuna - please hear; āmi - I; ta' - certainly; ei-mate - in this way; hinduke - to a Hindu; parihāsa - joking; kainu - did; se - that; dina - day; ha-ite - from; jihvā - the tongue; kṛṣṇa-nāma - the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kare - chants; nā - does not; māne - accept; varjana - renunciation; nā - not; jāni - I know; ki - what; mantra-auṣadhi - hymns and herbs; jāne - know; hindu-gaṇa - the Hindus.

“Another meat-eater said, ‘Sir, please hear me. Since the day I joked with some Hindus in this way, my tongue chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa hymn and cannot give it up. I do not know what mystic hymns and herbal potions these Hindus know.’