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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.27
তা’-সবার সম্মতি বিনা নহে কন্যাদান ।
রুক্মিণীর পিতা ভীষ্মক তাহাতে প্রমাণ ॥ ২৭ ॥
tā’-sabāra sammati vinā nahe kanyā-dāna
rukmiṇīra pitā bhīṣmaka tāhāte pramāṇa
“Without the consent of all your friends and relatives, it is not possible to give me your daughter in charity. Just consider the story of Queen Rukmiṇī and her father, Bhīṣmaka.
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The young brāhmaṇa says that the consent of friends and relatives is needed.
Without their consent, he says, the older brāhmaṇa cannot give him his daughter in charity.
He asks the older brāhmaṇa to consider Queen Rukmiṇī and her father, Bhīṣmaka.
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:
When the two brāhmaṇas returned to Vidyānagara, the younger brāhmaṇa raised the question of this marriage, but the elderly brāhmaṇa, due to obligations to his friends and wife, answered that he could not remember his promise. Because of this, the younger brāhmaṇa returned to Vṛndāvana and narrated the whole story to Gopālajī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I assuming agreement where I should first seek consent?
Before proceeding with a shared decision today, ask someone involved whether they agree.
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