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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.104
‘এবে মুঞি গ্রামে আইনু, যাইমু ভবন ।
লোকেরে কহিব গিয়া সাক্ষীর আগমন ॥ ১০৪ ॥
‘ebe muñi grāme āinu, yāimu bhavana
lokere kahiba giyā sākṣīra āgamana
“I have now come to my village, and I shall go to my home and tell all the people that the witness has arrived.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa thought that he had now reached his village.
He planned to go to his home.
He intended to tell all the people that the witness had arrived.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this way, He gradually arrived at Kamalapura, and on the banks of the Bhārgī River He came to the temple of Lord Śiva, where He entrusted His sannyāsa staff to Nityānanda Prabhu. However, Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff into three pieces and threw it into the Bhārgī River at a place known as Āṭhāranālā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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