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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.44
নাহি কহি — না কহিও এ মিথ্যা-বচন ।
সবে কহিবে — ‘মোর কিছু নাহিক স্মরণ ॥’ ৪৪ ॥
nāhi kahi — nā kahio e mithyā-vacana
sabe kahibe — ‘mora kichu nāhika smaraṇa’
“You do not have to flatly deny that you spoke such a thing. There is no need to make a false statement. Simply say that you do not remember what you said.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The son advised his father not to flatly deny what he had said.
He presented his advice as avoiding the need for a false statement.
Instead, he told his father simply to say that he did not remember his words.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Have you ever been tempted to claim forgetfulness rather than acknowledge something you said?
When recalling a conversation today, distinguish honestly between what you remember and what you do not.
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