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.

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