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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.39
নীচে কন্যা দিলে কুল যাইবেক নাশ ।
শুনিঞা সকল লোক করিবে উপহাস ॥’ ৩৯ ॥
nīce kanyā dile kula yāibeka nāśa
śuniñā sakala loka karibe upahāsa’
They unanimously agreed, “If you offer your daughter to a degraded family, your aristocracy will be lost. When people hear of this, they will make jokes and laugh at you.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The relatives unanimously opposed offering his daughter to a family they called degraded.
They claimed that such a marriage would cause him to lose his aristocratic standing.
They warned that people would make jokes and laugh at him when they heard.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How much does fear of being laughed at influence your decisions?
Identify one decision in which concern about social standing or ridicule is influencing you.
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