Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Adi-lila

Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree. Text 116

rÄmadÄsa abhirÄma — sakhya-premarÄÅ›i
á¹£olasÄá¹…gera kÄṣṭha tuli' ye karila vÄṅśī

 rÄmadÄsa abhirÄma - RÄmadÄsa AbhirÄma; sakhya-prema - friendship; rÄÅ›i - great volume; á¹£olasa-aá¹…gera - of sixteen knots; kaṣṭha - wood; tuli' - lifting; ye - one who; karila - made; vÄṅśī - flute.


Text

RÄmadÄsa AbhirÄma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.

Purport

AbhirÄma was an inhabitant of KhÄnÄkula-kṛṣṇa-nagara.