rāmadāsa — mukhya-śākhā, sakhya-prema-rāśi
ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha yei tuli' kaila vamśī

 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; vāmśī - flute.


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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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