Text 120] The Activities of Saksi-gopala 169

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ei mata vidydnagare saksi-gopdla
sevd angikara kari’ dchena cira-kdla

SYNONYMS
ei mata—in this way; vidyadnagare—in the town of Vidydnagara; sdaksi-
gopala—the witness Gopdla; seva—service; arigikdra—acceptance; kari’—doing;
achena—remains; cira-kdla—a long time.

TRANSLATION

Thus Saksi-gopdla stayed in Vidyanagara and accepted service for a very
long time.

PURPORT

This city of Vidyanagara is situated in Trailanga-desa, South India, on the bank
of the River Godavari. The place where the Godavari flows into the Bay of Bengal
is called KotadeSa. The Orissa kingdom was very powerful, and this KotadeSa was
the capital of Orissa. It was then known as Vidyanagara. Formerly this city was
situated on the southern side of the River Godavari. At that time King Purusot-
tama managed to control Orissa and appoint a government. The present city of
Vidyanagara is on the southeast side of the river, only twenty to twenty-five miles
from Rajamahendri. During the time of Maharaja Prataparudra, Sri Ramananda
Raya was the governor there. Vijaya-nagara is not identical with Vidyanagara.

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utkalera raja purusottama-deva nama
sei desa jini’ nila kariya sangrama

SYNONYMS

utkalera—of Orissa; raja—the King; purusottama-deva—Purusottama; naéma—
named; sei desa—this country; jini’—conquering; nila—took; kariyi—executing;
sangrama—fight.
