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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.58
এত শুনি’ তাঁর পুত্র বাক্য-চ্ছল পাঞা ।
প্রগল্ভ হইয়া কহে সম্মুখে আসিঞা ॥ ৫৮ ॥
eta śuni’ tāṅra putra vākya-cchala pāñā
pragalbha ha-iyā kahe sammukhe āsiñā
When the elderly brāhmaṇa’s son heard this, he took the opportunity to juggle some words. Becoming very impudent, he stood before the assembly and spoke as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The elderly brāhmaṇa’s son hears his father’s statement.
He takes the opportunity to juggle words.
Becoming very impudent, he stands before the assembly to speak.
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.
Do I ever use another person’s uncertainty as an opportunity to twist words?
In one conversation today, choose a respectful, straightforward reply rather than clever wording that distorts the matter.
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