rathāgrete prabhu yaiche karilā nartana
caitanyāṣṭake rūpa-gosāñi karyāche varṇana
ratha-agrete - in front of the car; prabhu - Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; yaiche - as; karilā - performed; nartana - dancing; caitanya-aṣṭake - in the prayer named Caitanyāṣṭaka; rūpa-gosāñi - Rūpa Gosvāmī; karyāche - has done; varṇana - a vivid description.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed three prayers with the title Caitanyāṣṭaka. The verse next quoted is text 7 from the first of the Caitanyāṣṭaka prayers, which are included in the book Stava-mālā.