vidyāpati - an old Vaiṣṇava poet from the province of Mithilā; caṇḍīdāsa - a Bengali Vaiṣṇava poet born in the village of Nānnura, in the Birbhum district; śrī-gīta-govinda - a celebrated poem by Jayadeva Gosvāmī; ei - these; tina - three; gīte - songs; karā'na - cause; prabhura - of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ānanda - happiness.

Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara used to read the poems of Vidyāpati and Caṇḍīdāsa and Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Śrī Gīta-govinda. He used to make Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu very happy by singing these songs.