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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.71
কন্যা তোরে দিলুঁ, দ্বিধা না করিহ চিতে ।
আত্মকন্যা দিব, কেবা পারে নিষেধিতে ॥ ৭১ ॥
kanyā tore diluṅ, dvidhā nā kariha cite
ātma-kanyā diba, kebā pāre niṣedhite
“ ‘I have offered you my daughter. Do not hesitate. She is my daughter, and I shall give her to you. Who can forbid me?’
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The brāhmaṇa declared that he had already offered his daughter.
He urged the speaker not to hesitate and repeated that he would give her to him.
His question, “Who can forbid me?” expressed confidence that no one could prevent him.
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:
Afterwards, King Puruṣottama-deva of Orissa was insulted by the King of Vidyānagara, who refused to give him his daughter in marriage and called him a sweeper of Lord Jagannātha. With the help of Lord Jagannātha, King Puruṣottama-deva fought the King of Vidyānagara and defeated him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I feel certain I can carry out a promise, what is that confidence based on?
Review one commitment today and distinguish what you can decide from what depends on others.
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