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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.21
ছোটবিপ্র কহে, — “শুন, বিপ্ৰ-মহাশয় ।
অসম্ভব কহ কেনে, যেই নাহি হয় ॥ ২১ ॥
choṭa-vipra kahe, “śuna, vipra-mahāśaya
asambhava kaha kene, yei nāhi haya
The younger brāhmaṇa replied, “My dear sir, please hear me. You are saying something very unusual. Such a thing never happens.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The younger brāhmaṇa addressed the older man respectfully as “My dear sir.”
He asked the older man to hear his reply.
He described the proposal as very unusual, saying that such a thing never happens.
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:
Gopālajī followed the younger brāhmaṇa, who could hear the tinkling sound of Gopālajī’s ankle bells. When all the respectable gentlemen of Vidyānagara were assembled, Gopālajī testified to the promise of the elderly brāhmaṇa.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.
How do I speak when someone proposes something I find hard to believe?
When expressing a concern today, begin with a respectful request to be heard.
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