But indeed it does have a quid pro quo. The "quo" is the favour you have done the other person; the "quid" is the other person interceding with the Almighty on your behalf. That could be the best quid of all, if sincerely meant! Regards, Victor
--- On Sun, 3/7/10, Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> Subject: [Goanet] Dev borem korun To: "goanet" <goa...@goanet.org> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 9:50 AM Imagine a village priest who normally had a lousy male cook. A padri is always welcome to share a meal in a parishioner house. Not that he had made a habit out of it. At the end of a meal , he has nothing to offer in return except to say a small prayer : ''Tumkam sogleanc Devan borem korum''. Hence the origin, perhaps of ''Dev borem korun'' Please note that unlike a ''thank you'' the ''Dev borem korun'' has no quid pro quo attached to it.