CC Adi 11.16
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.