Madhya-līlāChapter 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 5.1

padbhyāḿ calan yaḥ pratimā-svarūpo

brahmaṇya-devo hi śatāha-gamyam

deśaḿ yayau vipra-kṛte 'dbhutehaḿ

taḿ sākṣi-gopālam ahaḿ nato 'smi

SYNONYMS

padbhyām — by the two legs; calan — walking; yaḥ — one who; pratimā — of the Deity; svarūpaḥin the form; brahmaṇya-devaḥ — the Supreme Lord of brahminical culture; hi — certainly; śata-āhain one hundred days; gamyamto be passed over; deśam — the country; yayau — went; vipra-kṛte — for the benefit of a brāhmaṇa; adbhuta — most wonderful; īham — activity; tam — unto that; sākṣi-gopālam — the Gopāla known as the witness Gopāla; ahamI; nataḥ asmi — offer respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of God [brahmaṇya-deva], who appeared as Sākṣi-gopāla to benefit a brāhmaṇa. For one hundred days He traveled through the country, walking on His own legs. Thus His activities are wonderful.

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