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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.31
ছোটবিপ্র কহে — “যদি কন্যা দিতে মন ।
গোপালের আগে কহ এ সত্যবচন ॥” ৩১ ॥
choṭa-vipra kahe, — “yadi kanyā dite mana
gopālera āge kaha e satya-vacana”
The younger brāhmaṇa replied, “If you have decided to give your young daughter to me, then say so before the Gopāla Deity.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The younger brāhmaṇa asks whether the elder has decided to give him his young daughter.
If the decision is firm, he asks the elder to say so before the Gopāla Deity.
His request is for the elder to state the decision before Gopāla.
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 young brāhmaṇa received the promise of his elder before the Gopāla Deity of Vṛndāvana. Thus the Gopāla Deity acted as a witness.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.
Would I be ready to state my commitment before the Deity?
Reflect on one commitment today and ask whether you could sincerely state it before Gopāla.
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