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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.9
সাক্ষিগোপালের কথা শুনি, লোকমুখে ।
সেই কথা কহেন, প্রভু শুনে মহাসুখে ॥ ৯ ॥
sākṣi-gopālera kathā śuni, loka-mukhe
sei kathā kahena, prabhu śune mahā-sukhe
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.
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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.
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.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
While there, He heard the story of Sākṣi-gopāla from the mouth of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Once there were two brāhmaṇas, one elderly and the other young, who were inhabitants of a place known as Vidyānagara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “prema-kalaha”, “love”
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What helps you listen to a narration with attention and pleasure?
Read this translation aloud once, paying attention to the pleasure Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu took in hearing.
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