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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla
Madhya 4.213Madhya 5.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.1

পদ্ভ্যাং চলন্ যঃ প্রতিমা-স্বরূপো

ব্রহ্মণ্যদেবো হি শতাহগম্যম্ ।

দেশং যযৌ বিপ্রকৃতেঽদ্ভুতেহং

তং সাক্ষিগোপালমহং নতোঽস্মি ॥ ১ ॥

padbhyāṁ calan yaḥ pratimā-svarūpo

brahmaṇya-devo hi śatāha-gamyam

deśaṁ yayau vipra-kṛte ’dbhutehaṁ

taṁ sākṣi-gopālam ahaṁ nato ’smi

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of God [brahmaṇya-deva], who appeared as Sākṣi-gopāla to benefit a brāhmaṇa. For one hundred days He traveled through the country, walking on His own legs. Thus His activities are wonderful.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Wonderful Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of God, who appeared as Sākṣi-gopāla.

  2. 2

    He appeared to benefit a brāhmaṇa.

  3. 3

    For one hundred days, He traveled through the country on His own legs. His activities are wonderful.

How it feels

Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.

The mood of Madhya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After passing through Yājapura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttack) and there went to see the temple of Sākṣi-gopāla. While there, He heard the story of Sākṣi-gopāla from the mouth of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. padbhyāmby the two legs
  2. calanwalking
  3. yaḥone who
  4. pratimāof the Deity
  5. svarūpaḥin the form
  6. brahmaṇya-devaḥthe Supreme Lord of brahminical culture
  7. hicertainly
  8. śata-āhain one hundred days
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What inspires wonder in you about Sākṣi-gopāla walking to benefit a brāhmaṇa?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Sākṣi-gopāla while remembering His wonderful journey.

Live this todayThe Wonderful Activities of Sākṣi-gopālaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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