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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.107
ব্রাহ্মণেরে কহে, — “তুমি যাহ নিজ-ঘর ।
এথায় রহিব আমি, না যাব অতঃপর ॥” ১০৭ ॥
brāhmaṇere kahe, — “tumi yāha nija-ghara
ethāya rahiba āmi, nā yāba ataḥpara”
The Lord told the brāhmaṇa, “Now you can go home. I shall stay here and shall not leave.”
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The Lord told the brāhmaṇa that he could now go home.
The Lord said that He would stay there.
He assured the brāhmaṇa that He would not leave.
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:
Afterwards, King Puruṣottama-deva of Orissa was insulted by the King of Vidyānagara, who refused to give him his daughter in marriage and called him a sweeper of Lord Jagannātha. With the help of Lord Jagannātha, King Puruṣottama-deva fought the King of Vidyānagara and defeated him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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