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Ādi 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda
CC Ādi 11.16
rāmadāsa — mukhya-śākhā, sakhya-prema-rāśi
ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha yei tuli’ kaila vaṁśī
Word for word:
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.
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