CC Madhya 5.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

CC Madhya 5.2

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

padbhyāṁ calan yaḥ pratimā-svarūpo
brahmaṇya-devo hi śatāha-gamyam
deśaṁ yayau vipra-kṛte ’dbhutehaṁ
taṁ sākṣi-gopālam ahaṁ nato ’smi

SYNONYMS

padbhyām—by the two legs; calan—walking; yaḥ—one who; pratimā—of the Deity; svarūpaḥ—in the form; brahmaṇya-devaḥ—the Supreme Lord of brahminical culture; hi—certainly; śata-āha—in one hundred days; gamyam—to 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; aham—I; 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.