CC Madhya 1.5
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī
- vaṁśī-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; vaṁśī-vaṭa — the celebrated place named Vaṁśīvaṭa; 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 Vaṁśīvaṭa, be merciful upon us.