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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.80
পুত্রের মনে, — ‘প্রতিমা না আসিবে সাক্ষী দিতে ।’
এই বুদ্ধ্যে দুইজন হইলা সম্মতে ॥ ৮০ ॥
putrera mane, — ‘pratimā nā āsibe sākṣī dite’
ei buddhye dui-jana ha-ilā sammate
The atheistic son thought, “It is not possible for Gopāla to come and bear witness.” Thinking thus, the father and son agreed.
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The son is described as atheistic.
He thought it impossible for Gopāla to come and bear witness.
With this thought in the son’s mind, the father and son agreed.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Have you ever agreed to something because you assumed it could never happen?
Examine one agreement you have made and identify any unspoken assumption behind it.
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