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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.94
এই মূর্তি গিয়া যদি এই শ্রীবদনে ।
সাক্ষী দেহ যদি — তবে সর্বলোক শুনে ॥” ৯৪ ॥
ei mūrti giyā yadi ei śrī-vadane
sākṣī deha yadi — tabe sarva-loka śune”
“Only if You go there in this form of Gopāla and speak the words from Your beautiful face will Your testimony be heard by all the people.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa asked the Lord to go there in His form of Gopāla.
He wanted the Lord to speak the words from His beautiful face.
The brāhmaṇa said that only then would all the people hear His testimony.
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:
Later, the king of that country constructed a fine temple for Gopāla. Afterwards, King Puruṣottama-deva of Orissa was insulted by the King of Vidyānagara, who refused to give him his daughter in marriage and called him a sweeper of Lord Jagannātha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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What stands out to me in the brāhmaṇa’s specific request to Gopāla?
Read the request slowly today, pausing over the words “Your beautiful face.”
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