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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.37
একদিন নিজ-লোক একত্র করিল ।
তা-সবার আগে সব বৃত্তান্ত কহিল ॥ ৩৭ ॥
eka-dina nija-loka ekatra karila
tā-sabāra āge saba vṛttānta kahila
Thus one day the elderly brāhmaṇa called for a meeting of all his relatives and friends, and before them all he narrated what had taken place in front of Gopāla.
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The elderly brāhmaṇa called a meeting of all his relatives and friends.
He spoke before everyone who had gathered.
He narrated what had taken place in front of 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:
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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