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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.66
তবে মুঞি-নিষেধিনু, — শুন, দ্বিজবর ।
তোমার কন্যার যোগ্য নহি মুঞি বর ॥ ৬৬ ॥
tabe muñi niṣedhinu, — śuna, dvija-vara
tomāra kanyāra yogya nahi muñi vara
“At that time I forbade him to do this, telling him, ‘O best of the brāhmaṇas, I am not a fit husband for your daughter.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker asked the brāhmaṇa not to make this offer.
He addressed him respectfully as “best of the brāhmaṇas.”
He explained his reservation plainly: he did not consider himself a fit husband for the brāhmaṇa’s daughter.
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.
Can I express a reservation honestly while remaining respectful?
If you need to decline something today, give your reason plainly and respectfully.
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