116 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 5

saksi-gopalera katha suni, loka-mukhe
sei katha kahena, prabhu sune maha-sukhe

SYNONYMS

saksi-gopalera—of the witness Gopala; katha—the narration; suni—hearing;
loka-mukhe—from the people; sei katha—that narration; kahena—Nityananda
Prabhu narrates; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sune—hears; mahd-
sukhe—in great pleasure.

TRANSLATION

At that time, Nityananda Prabhu had heard the story of Saksi-gopala from
the townspeople. He now recited this again, and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
heard the narration with great pleasure.

PURPORT

The Saksi-gopala temple is situated between the Khurda Road Junction railway
station and the Jagannatha Puri station. The Deity is not presently situated in
Kataka, but when Nityananda Prabhu traveled there, the Deity was present.
Kataka is a town in Orissa situated on the Mahanadi River. When Saksi-gopala
was brought from Vidyanagara in southern India, He stayed for some time at
Kataka. Thereafter, He was situated for some time in the Jagannatha temple. It
seems that in the temple of Jagannatha, there was some disagreement between
Jagannatha and Saksi-gopala, a disagreement called prema-kalaha, a quarrel of
love. In order to settle this love quarrel, the King of Orissa constructed a village
about six miles from Jagannatha Puri. The village was called Satyavadi, and Gopala
was stationed there. Thereafter, a new temple was constructed. Now there is a
Saksi-gopala station, and people go there to see the witness Gopala.

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purve vidya-nagarera dui ta’ brahmana
tirtha karibare dunhe karila gamana

SYNONYMS
purve—previously; vidya-nagarera—of the town known as Vidyanagara; dui—
two; ta’—certainly; brahmana—brahmanas; tirtha karibare—to tour places of
pilgrimage; dunhe—both of them; karila—began; gamana—journey.
