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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.20
কৃতঘ্নতা হয় তোমায় না কৈলে সম্মান ।
অতএব তোমায় আমি দিব কন্যাদান ॥ ২০ ॥
kṛta-ghnatā haya tomāya nā kaile sammāna
ataeva tomāya āmi diba kanyā-dāna
“If I did not show you any respect, I would be ungrateful. Therefore, I promise to give you my daughter in charity.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The older man felt that he should show respect to the younger man.
He said that failing to show this respect would make him ungrateful.
As an expression of gratitude, he promised to give his daughter in charity.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The elderly brāhmaṇa was very satisfied with the service of the young brāhmaṇa, and he wanted to offer him his youngest daughter in marriage. The young brāhmaṇa received the promise of his elder before the Gopāla Deity of Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I show respect to those who have served me?
Express your gratitude to someone who has helped you, naming what you appreciate.
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