eta śuni' - hearing this; nāstika - atheistic; loka - class of men; upahāsa - joking; kare - do; keha bale - someone says; īśvara - God; dayālu - merciful; āsiteha pāre - He is able to come.

Hearing the emphatic statement of the younger brāhmaṇa, some atheists in the meeting began to cut jokes. However, someone else said, “After all, the Lord is merciful, and if He likes, He can come.”