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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.70
কন্যা দিতে নারিবে, হবে অসত্য-বচন ।
পুনরপি কহে বিপ্র করিয়া যতন ॥ ৭০ ॥
kanyā dite nāribe, habe asatya-vacana
punarapi kahe vipra kariyā yatana
“ ‘My dear sir, you will not be able to fulfill your promise. Your promise will be broken.’ Yet, again and again the brāhmaṇa emphasized his promise.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker warned that the brāhmaṇa would not be able to fulfill his promise.
He stated directly that the promise would be broken.
Despite this warning, the brāhmaṇa emphasized his promise again and again.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I examine whether I can fulfill a promise, rather than merely repeating it?
Check one promise you have made and identify any obstacle to fulfilling it.
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