CC Adi 10.116 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 116
- rāmadāsa abhirāma--sakhya-premarāśi
- ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha tuli' ye karila vāṅśī
SYNONYMS
rāmadāsa abhirāma—of the name Rāmadāsa Abhirāma; sakhya-prema—friendship; rāśi—great volume; ṣolasa-aṅgera—of sixteen knots; kaṣṭha—wood; tuli'-lifting; ye—one who; karila—made; vāṅśī—flute.
TRANSLATION
Rāmadāsa Abhirāma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.
PURPORT
Abhirāma was an inhabitant of Khānākula-kṛṣṇa-nagara.