sÄká¹£i-gopÄlera kathÄ Å›uni, loka-mukhe
sei kathÄ kahena, prabhu Å›une mahÄ-sukhe
sÄká¹£i-gopÄlera - of the witness GopÄla; kathÄ - the narration; Å›uni - hearing; loka-mukhe - from the people; sei kathÄ - that narration; kahena - NityÄnanda Prabhu narrates; prabhu - Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; Å›une - hears; mahÄ-sukhe - in great pleasure.
At that time, NityÄnanda Prabhu had heard the story of SÄká¹£i-gopÄla from the townspeople. He now recited this again, and Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu heard the narration with great pleasure.
The SÄká¹£i-gopÄla temple is situated between the KhurdÄ Road railway station and the JagannÄtha PurÄ« station. The Deity is not presently situated in Kaá¹aka, but when NityÄnanda Prabhu traveled there, the Deity was present. Kaá¹aka is a town in Orissa situated on the MahÄnadÄ« River. When SÄká¹£i-gopÄla was brought from VidyÄnagara in southern India, He stayed for some time at Kaá¹aka. Thereafter, He was situated for some time in the JagannÄtha temple. It seems that in the temple of JagannÄtha there was some disagreement between JagannÄtha and SÄká¹£i-gopÄla, a disagreement called prema-kalaha, a quarrel of love. In order to settle this love quarrel, the King of Orissa constructed a village about eleven miles from JagannÄtha PurÄ«. The village was called SatyavÄdÄ«, and GopÄla was stationed there. Thereafter, a new temple was constructed. Now there is a SÄká¹£i-gopÄla station, and people go to SatyavÄdÄ« to see the witness GopÄla.
