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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.62
তোমরা সকল লোক করহ বিচারে ।
‘মোর পিতার কন্যা দিতে যোগ্য কি ইহারে ॥’ ৬২ ॥
tomarā sakala loka karaha vicāre
‘mora pitāra kanyā dite yogya ki ihāre’
“All of you assembled here are gentlemen. Please judge whether it is befitting to offer this poor brāhmaṇa my father’s daughter.”
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The son addresses those assembled as gentlemen.
He asks them to judge whether offering his father’s daughter to the brāhmaṇa is befitting.
In making this appeal, he describes the brāhmaṇa as poor.
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 all the respectable gentlemen of Vidyānagara were assembled, Gopālajī testified to the promise of the elderly brāhmaṇa. Thus the marriage was performed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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In this verse: “assembled”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How much does someone’s poverty influence my judgment of that person?
Today, notice whether someone’s financial position is shaping your judgment of them.
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