Study a Verse

• This city of Vidyānagara is situated in Trailaṅga-deśa, South India, on the bank of the river Godāvarī.
• Formerly this city was situated on the southern side of the river Godāvarī.
• The present city of Vidyānagara is on the southeast side of the river, only twenty to twenty-five miles from Rajahmundry.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

Madhya 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

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

At that time, Gopālajī, being very much obligated by the devotional service of King Puruṣottama-deva, was brought to the town of Kaṭaka. After hearing this narration, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Gopāla in great ecstasy of love of God.