Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.303, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 303 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.303
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.303:
দেখি’ সাক্ষি-গোপালের লাবণ্য মোহন আনন্দ করেন প্রভু হুঙ্কার গর্জন ॥ ৩০৩ ॥
देखि’ साक्षि-गोपालेर लावण्य मोहन आनन्द करेन प्रभु हुङ्कार गर्जन ॥ ३०३ ॥
dekhi’ sākṣi-gopālera lāvaṇya mohana ānanda karena prabhu huṅkāra garjana || 303 ||
dekhi’ saksi-gopalera lavanya mohana ananda karena prabhu hunkara garjana (303)
English translation:
(303) Upon seeing the sweet, enchanting form of Sākṣi-gopāla, the Lord roared loudly in ecstasy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Mahānadī River flows on the northern side of Cuttack. The Deity of Sākṣi-gopāla was in Cuttack during the time of Śrīman Mahāprabhu. This Deity was later transferred to a village named Sākṣi-gopāla. After the disappearance of Śrī Mahāprabhu this Deity of Sākṣi-gopāla was first brought to the temple of Jagannātha and later installed in a separate village.
This Deity has a large, four-armed form. The old story of Sākṣi-gopāla is described in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter Five.