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Rāja-vidyā: The King of Knowledge
man was anxious not to offend the Deity. However, despite the youth's pleas, the old man insisted on the marriage. After staying in Vṛndāvana for some time, they finally returned home, and the old man informed his eldest son that his young sister was to be married to the poor  brāhmaṇa  youth. The eldest son became very angry. "Oh, how have you selected that pauper as husband for my sister? This cannot be."
The old man's wife also came to him and said, "If you marry our daughter to that boy, I shall commit suicide."
The old man was thus perplexed. After some time, the  brāhmaṇa  youth became very anxious. "He has promised to marry his daughter to me, and he made that promise before the Deity. Now he is not coming to fulfill it." He then went to see the old man to remind him of his promise.
"You promised before Lord Kṛṣṇa," the youth said, "and you are not fulfilling that promise. How is that?"
The old man was silent. He began praying to Kṛṣṇa, for he was perplexed. He didn't want to marry his daughter to the youth and cause such great trouble within his family. In the meantime the elder son came out and began to accuse the  brāhmaṇa  youth. "You have plundered my father in the place of pilgrimage. You gave him some intoxicant and took all his money, and now you are saying that he has promised to offer you my youngest sister. You rascal!"
In this way there was much noise, and people began to gather. The youth could understand that