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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.28
ভীষ্মকের ইচ্ছা, — কৃষ্ণে কন্যা সমর্পিতে ।
পুত্রের বিরোধে কন্যা নারিল অর্পিতে ॥” ২৮ ॥
bhīṣmakera icchā, — kṛṣṇe kanyā samarpite
putrera virodhe kanyā nārila arpite”
“King Bhīṣmaka wanted to give his daughter, Rukmiṇī, in charity to Kṛṣṇa, but Rukmī, his eldest son, objected. Therefore he could not carry out his decision.”
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King Bhīṣmaka wanted to give his daughter, Rukmiṇī, in charity to Kṛṣṇa.
Rukmī, his eldest son, objected to this decision.
Because of this objection, Bhīṣmaka could not carry out his decision.
The purport of CC Madhya 5.28 quotesSB 10.52.25
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.52.25):
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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.
Have I considered objections that might prevent me from carrying out a decision?
Identify one possible objection to a plan before making a firm promise about it.
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