CC Madhya 2.77
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 77
- caṇḍīdāsa, vidyāpati, rāyera nāṭaka-gīti,
- karṇāmṛta, śrī-gīta-govinda
- svarūpa-rāmānanda-sane, mahāprabhu rātri-dine,
- gāya, śune—parama ānanda
SYNONYMS
caṇḍīdāsa — the poet Caṇḍīdāsa; vidyāpati — the poet Vidyāpati; rāyera — of the poet Rāya Rāmānanda; nāṭaka — the Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka; gīti — songs; karṇāmṛta — the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura; śrī-gīta-govinda — the Gīta-govinda of Jayadeva Gosvāmī; svarūpa — Svarūpa Dāmodara; rāmānanda-sane — with Rāya Rāmānanda; mahāprabhu — Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rātri-dine — day and night; gāya — sings; śune — hears; parama ānanda — with great pleasure.
TRANSLATION
He also passed His time reading the books and singing the songs of Caṇḍīdāsa and Vidyāpati, and listening to quotations from the Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka, Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta and Gīta-govinda. Thus in the association of Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāya Rāmānanda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His days and nights chanting and hearing with great pleasure.