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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.85
ইঁহার পুণ্যে কৃষ্ণে আনি’ সাক্ষী বোলাইব ।
তবে এই বিপ্রের সত্য-প্রতিজ্ঞা রাখিব ॥ ৮৫ ॥
iṅhāra puṇye kṛṣṇe āni’ sākṣī bolāiba
tabe ei viprera satya-pratijñā rākhiba
“By the piety of the elderly brāhmaṇa, I shall call the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a witness. Thus I shall keep his truthful promise intact.”
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The young brāhmaṇa appealed to the piety of the elderly brāhmaṇa.
He declared that he would call the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a witness.
His purpose was to keep the elderly brāhmaṇa’s truthful promise intact.
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:
When all the respectable gentlemen of Vidyānagara were assembled, Gopālajī testified to the promise of the elderly brāhmaṇa. Thus the marriage was performed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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