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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.54
সব লোক বড়বিপ্রে ডাকিয়া আনিল ।
তবে সেই লঘুবিপ্র কহিতে লাগিল ॥ ৫৪ ॥
saba loka baḍa-vipre ḍākiyā ānila
tabe sei laghu-vipra kahite lāgila
All the people of the village then called for the elderly brāhmaṇa and brought him to their meeting place. The young brāhmaṇa then began to speak before them as follows.
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The village people called for the elderly brāhmaṇa.
They brought him to their meeting place.
The young brāhmaṇa began to speak before the assembled people.
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:
Once there were two brāhmaṇas, one elderly and the other young, who were inhabitants of a place known as Vidyānagara. After touring many places of pilgrimage, the two brāhmaṇas finally reached Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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