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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.130
সেই ছিদ্র অদ্যাপিহ আছয়ে নাসাতে ।
সেই মুক্তা পরাহ, যাহা চাহিয়াছ দিতে ॥” ১৩০ ॥
sei chidra adyāpiha āchaye nāsāte
sei muktā parāha, yāhā cāhiyācha dite”
“That very hole is still there, and you can use it to set the pearl you desired to give Me.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The hole was still there and could receive the pearl.
The pearl was a gift the speaker knew the giver desired to offer.
The speaker explained how that desire to give could be fulfilled.
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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