śloka rākhi' - keeping the verse in that way; gelā - went; samudra-snāna - a bath in the sea; karite - to take; hena-kāle - in the meantime; āilā - came; prabhu - Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tāṅhāre - him; milite - to meet.

After composing this verse and putting it on the roof of his house, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī went to bathe in the sea. In the meantime, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to his hut to meet him.