CC Adi 11.16 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda

Ādi-līlā 11.14-15 - Ādi-līlā 11.17

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

rāmadāsa—mukhya-śākhā, sakhya-prema-rāśi

ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha yei tuli’ kaila vaṁśī

SYNONYMS

rāma-dāsa — Rāmadāsa; mukhya-śākhā — chief branch; sakhya-prema-rāśi — full of fraternal love; ṣolasa-aṅgera — of sixteen knots; kāṣṭha — wood; yei — that; tuli’ — raising; kaila — made; vāṁśī — flute.

TRANSLATION

Rāmadāsa, one of the chief branches, was full of fraternal love of Godhead. He made a flute from a stick with sixteen knots.

Ādi-līlā 11.14-15 - Ādi-līlā 11.17