Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 5.9
Hearing Sākṣi-gopāla’s Story with Pleasure
“At that time, Nityānanda Prabhu had heard the story of Sākṣi-gopāla from the townspeople. He now recited this again, and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the narration with great pleasure.”
What the purport teaches
- Nityānanda Prabhu had heard the story of Sākṣi-gopāla from the townspeople. He recited it again, and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened with great pleasure.
- Sākṣi-gopāla was brought from Vidyānagara in southern India and stayed for some time at Kaṭaka. Later, He stayed for some time in the Jagannātha temple.
- The purport describes an apparent prema-kalaha, a quarrel of love, between Jagannātha and Sākṣi-gopāla. To settle it, the King of Orissa established Satyavādī, where people go to see the witness Gopāla.
Try this today
Read this translation aloud once, paying attention to the pleasure Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu took in hearing.
Ask yourself
What helps you listen to a narration with attention and pleasure?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.