rathÄgrete prabhu yaiche karilÄ nartana
caitanyÄṣṭake rÅ«pa-gosÄñi karyÄche varṇana

 ratha-agrete - in front of the car; prabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; yaiche - as; karilÄ - performed; nartana - dancing; caitanya-aṣṭake - in the prayer named CaitanyÄṣṭaka; rÅ«pa-gosÄñi - RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«; karyÄche - has done; varṇana - a vivid description.


Text

In his prayer known as the CaitanyÄṣṭaka, ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« has given a vivid description of the Lord’s dancing before the car of JagannÄtha.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« composed three prayers with the title CaitanyÄṣṭaka. The verse next quoted is text 7 from the first of the CaitanyÄṣṭaka prayers, which are included in the book Stava-mÄlÄ.