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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 1.5
śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī
vaḿśī-vaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥ
karṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr
gopīnāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥ
SYNONYMS
śrīmān — the most beautiful form; rāsa — of the rāsa dance; rasa-ārambhī — the initiator of the mellow; vaḿśī-vaṭa — the celebrated place named Vaḿśīvaṭa; taṭa — on the bank of Yamunā; sthitaḥ — being situated; karṣan — attracting; veṇu-svanaiḥ — by the sounds of the flute; gopīḥ — all the gopīs; gopī-nāthaḥ — the master of all the gopīs; śriye — the opulence of love and affection; astu — let there be; naḥ — upon us.
TRANSLATION
May Gopīnāthajī, who attracts all the gopīs with the song of His flute and who has begun the most melodious rāsa dace on the bank of the Yamunā in Vaḿśīvaṭa, be merciful upon us.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness