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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.64
তবে ছোটবিপ্র কহে, — “শুন, মহাজন ।
ন্যায় জিনিবারে কহে অসত্য-বচন ॥ ৬৪ ॥
tabe choṭa-vipra kahe, “śuna, mahājana
nyāya jinibāre kahe asatya-vacana
At that time the young brāhmaṇa said, “My dear gentlemen, please hear. Just to gain victory in an argument, this man is lying.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The young brāhmaṇa asks the gentlemen to hear him.
He says that the other man is lying.
He identifies the desire to gain victory in an argument as the reason for the lie.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Gopālajī followed the younger brāhmaṇa, who could hear the tinkling sound of Gopālajī’s ankle bells. When all the respectable gentlemen of Vidyānagara were assembled, Gopālajī testified to the promise of the elderly brāhmaṇa.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.
Am I more concerned with speaking truthfully or with winning an argument?
In a disagreement today, avoid exaggerating your case merely to win.
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