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CC Madhya 5 Summary (1996)

please wait please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #div class="purport"# Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the Fifth Chapter in his #i#Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya#/i#. After passing through Yājapura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttak) and there went to see the temple of Sākṣi-gopāla. While there, He heard the story of Sākṣi-gopāla from the mouth of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. #$p#Once there were two #i#brāhmaṇas#/i#, one elderly and the other young, who were inhabitants of a place known as Vidyānagara. After touring many places of pilgrimage, the two #i#brāhmaṇas#/i# finally reached Vṛndāvana. The elderly #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# was very satisfied with the service of the young #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, and he wanted to offer him his youngest daughter in marriage. The young #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# received the promise of his elder before the Gopāla Deity of Vṛndāvana. Thus the Gopāla Deity acted as a witness. When the two #i#brāhmaṇas#/i# returned to Vidyānagara, the younger #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# raised the question of this marriage, but the elderly #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, due to obligations to his friends and wife, answered that he could not remember his promise. Because of this, the younger #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# returned to Vṛndāvana and narrated the whole story to Gopālajī. Thus Gopālajī, being obliged by the young man’s devotional service, accompanied him to southern India. Gopālajī followed the younger #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, who could hear the tinkling sound of Gopālajī’s ankle bells. When all the respectable gentlemen of Vidyānagara were assembled, Gopālajī testified to the promise of the elderly #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. Thus the marriage was performed. Later, the king of that country constructed a fine temple for Gopāla. #$p#Afterwards, King Puruṣottama-deva of Orissa was insulted by the King of Kaṭaka, who refused to give him his daughter in marriage and called him a sweeper of Lord Jagannātha. With the help of Lord Jagannātha, King Puruṣottama-deva fought the King of Kaṭaka and defeated him. Thus he took charge of both the King’s daughter and the state of Kaṭaka as well. At that time, Gopālajī, being very much obligated by the devotional service of King Puruṣottama-deva, was brought to the town of Kaṭaka. #$p#After hearing this narration, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Gopāla in great ecstasy of love of God. From Kaṭaka He went to Bhuvaneśvara and saw the temple of Lord Śiva. In this way, He gradually arrived at Kamalapura, and on the banks of the Bhārgī River He came to the temple of Lord Śiva, where He entrusted His #i#sannyāsa#/i# staff to Nityānanda Prabhu. However, Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff into three pieces and threw it into the Bhārgī River at a place known as Āṭhāranālā. Being angry at not getting His staff back, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the company of Nityānanda Prabhu and went alone to see the Jagannātha temple. #/div# #/div#
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