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CC Madhya 5.1

Bengali

পদ্ভ্যাং চলন্ যঃ প্রতিমা-স্বরূপো
ব্রহ্মণ্যদেবো হি শতাহগম্যম্ ।
দেশং যযৌ বিপ্রকৃতেঽদ্ভুতেহং
তং সাক্ষিগোপালমহং নতোঽস্মি ॥ ১ ॥

Text

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.