ei mata vidyÄnagare sÄká¹£i-gopÄla
sevÄ aá¹…gÄ«kÄra kari' Ächena cira-kÄla

 ei mata - in this way; vidyÄnagare - in the town of VidyÄnagara; sÄká¹£i-gopÄla - the witness GopÄla; sevÄ - service; aá¹…gÄ«kÄra - acceptance; kari' - doing; Ächena - remains; cira-kÄla - a long time.


Text

Thus SÄká¹£i-gopÄla stayed in VidyÄnagara and accepted service for a very long time.

Purport

This city of VidyÄnagara is situated in Trailaá¹…ga-deÅ›a, South India, on the bank of the river GodÄvarÄ«. The place where the GodÄvarÄ« flows into the Bay of Bengal is called Koá¹­adeÅ›a. The Orissa kingdom was very powerful, and Koá¹­adeÅ›a was the capital of Orissa. It was then known as VidyÄnagara. Formerly this city was situated on the southern side of the river GodÄvarÄ«. At that time King Puruá¹£ottama-deva managed to control Orissa and appoint a government. The present city of VidyÄnagara is on the southeast side of the river, only twenty to twenty-five miles from Rajahmundry. During the time of MahÄrÄja PratÄparudra, ÅšrÄ« RÄmÄnanda RÄya was the governor there. Vijaya-nagara is not identical with VidyÄnagara.