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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.25
বড়বিপ্ৰ কহে, — “তুমি না কর সংশয় ।
তোমাকে কন্যা দিব আমি, করিল নিশ্চয় ॥” ২৫ ॥
baḍa-vipra kahe, — “tumi nā kara saṁśaya
tomāke kanyā diba āmi, karila niścaya”
The older brāhmaṇa replied, “My dear boy, do not doubt me. I will give you my daughter in charity. I have already decided this.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The older brāhmaṇa asks the young man not to doubt him.
He promises to give his daughter to the young man in charity.
He says that he has already made this decision.
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:
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 my words of assurance reflect a decision I have truly made?
Before giving an assurance today, pause to check that you mean it.
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