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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.74
তবে আমি গোপালেরে সাক্ষী করিঞা ।
কহিলাঙ তাঁর পদে মিনতি করিঞা ॥ ৭৪ ॥
tabe āmi gopālere sākṣī kariñā
kahilāṅ tāṅra pade minati kariñā
“Accepting the Gopāla Deity as my witness, I then submitted the following at His lotus feet.
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The speaker accepted the Gopāla Deity as his witness.
He then addressed his submission to Gopāla.
He made this submission at the Lord’s lotus feet.
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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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would you like to submit humbly at the Lord’s lotus feet?
Take a quiet moment today to offer a humble prayer to Gopāla.
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