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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.91
কৃষ্ণ কহে, — বিপ্র, তুমি যাহ স্ব-ভবনে ।
সভা করি’ মোরে তুমি করিহ স্মরণে ॥ ৯১ ॥
kṛṣṇa kahe, — vipra, tumi yāha sva-bhavane
sabhā kari’ more tumi kariha smaraṇe
Lord Kṛṣṇa replied, “My dear brāhmaṇa, go back to your home and call a meeting of all the men. In that meeting, just try to remember Me.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa told the brāhmaṇa to return to his home.
He instructed him to call a meeting of all the men.
In that meeting, the brāhmaṇa was to try to remember Kṛṣṇa.
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 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. Because of this, the younger brāhmaṇa returned to Vṛndāvana and narrated the whole story to Gopālajī.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.
When I am with others, do I make an effort to remember Kṛṣṇa?
During one meeting or conversation today, take a quiet moment to remember Kṛṣṇa.
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