Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Adi-lila

Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityananda. Text 16

rÄmadÄsa — mukhya-Å›ÄkhÄ, sakhya-prema-rÄÅ›i
á¹£olasÄá¹…gera kÄṣṭha yei tuli' kaila vamśī

 rÄma-dÄsa - RÄmadÄsa; mukhya-Å›ÄkhÄ - chief branch; sakhya-prema-rÄÅ›i - full of fraternal love; á¹£olasa-aá¹…gera - of sixteen knots; kÄṣṭha - wood; yei - that; tuli' - raising; kaila - made; vÄmśī - flute.


Text

RÄmadÄsa, 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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