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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.72
তবে আমি কহিলাঙ দৃঢ় করি’ মন ।
গোপালের আগে কহ এ-সত্য বচন ॥ ৭২ ॥
tabe āmi kahilāṅ dṛḍha kari’ mana
gopālera āge kaha e-satya vacana
“At that time I concentrated my mind and requested the brāhmaṇa to make the promise before the Gopāla Deity.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker concentrated his mind before making his request.
He asked the brāhmaṇa to make the promise before the Gopāla Deity.
His request concerned not only the promise itself, but also where it should be made.
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:
The young brāhmaṇa received the promise of his elder before the Gopāla Deity of Vṛndāvana. Thus the Gopāla Deity acted as a witness.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.
How would making a promise before the Gopāla Deity affect my attention to it?
Before making a promise today, pause, concentrate your mind, and consider the seriousness of your words.
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