A lway s E m b r a c e d
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Kåñëa
Bhägavata däsa was there, Satsvarupa Mahäräja, and Çréla Prabhupäda’s servant. Gargamuni and his travelling party were there, which must have been at least twenty men; and a couple of devotees from the Gauòéya Math. That would have been well over fifty devotees. Jayadharma däsa: We started chanting on the main street of Puré; that pleased Çréla Prabhupäda very much. We had a big hari-näma in the main street for hours, in front of the Puré temple. Also, a paëòala program was organised. Many, many people were there and the people wanted Çréla Prabhupäda to speak in Bengali, but he did not; he spoke in English because, as he said, ‘They are all my disciples here and it is my duty to enlighten them.’ We really relished Çréla Prabhupäda for that.
A Brief History of the Sākṣi-gopāla Deity “...Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura gives the following summary of the Fifth Chapter in his Amåta-praväha-bhäñya. After passing through Yäjapura, Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu reached the town of Kaöaka (Cuttak) and there went to see the temple of Säkñi-gopäla. While there, He heard the story of Säkñi-gopäla from the mouth of Çré Nityänanda Prabhu. Once there were two brähmaëas, one elderly and the other young, who were inhabitants of a place known as Vidyänagara. After touring many places of pilgrimage, the two brähmaëas finally reached Våndävana. The elderly brähmaëa was very satisfied with the service of the young brähmaëa, and he wanted to offer him his youngest daughter in marriage. The young brähmaëa received the promise of his elder before the Gopäla Deity of Våndävana. Thus, the Gopäla Deity acted as a witness. When the two brähmaëas returned to Vidyänagara, the younger brähmaëa raised the question of this marriage, but the elderly brähmaëa, due to obligations to his friends and wife, answered that he could not remember his promise. Because of this, the younger brähmaëa returned
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