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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.73
তবে ইঁহো গোপালের আগেতে কহিল ।
তুমি জান, এই বিপ্রে কন্যা আমি দিল ॥ ৭৩ ॥
tabe iṅho gopālera āgete kahila
tumi jāna, ei vipre kanyā āmi dila
“Then this gentleman said in front of the Gopāla Deity, ‘My dear Lord, please bear witness. I have offered my daughter to this brāhmaṇa in charity.’
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The gentleman spoke in front of the Gopāla Deity.
He asked the Lord to bear witness to his promise.
He declared that he had offered his daughter to the brāhmaṇa in charity.
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:
Thus the Gopāla Deity acted as a witness. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
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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How would remembering the Lord as witness affect the promises you make?
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