kÄlena vá¹›ndÄvana-keli-vÄrtÄ
lupteti tÄá¹ khyÄpayituá¹ viÅ›iá¹£ya
ká¹›pÄmá¹›tenÄbhiá¹£iá¹£eca devas
tatraiva rÅ«paá¹ ca sanÄtanaá¹ ca

 kÄlena - in the course of time; vá¹›ndÄvana-keli-vÄrtÄ - topics concerning the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vá¹›ndÄvana; luptÄ - almost lost; iti - thus; tÄm - all those; khyÄpayitum - to enunciate; viÅ›iá¹£ya - making specific; ká¹›pÄ-amá¹›tena - with the nectar of mercy; abhiá¹£iá¹£eca - sprinkled; devaḥ - the Lord; tatra - there, in Vá¹›ndÄvana; eva - indeed; rÅ«pam - ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«; ca - and; sanÄtanam - SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ«; ca - as well as.


Text

“In the course of time, the transcendental news of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vá¹›ndÄvana was almost lost. To enunciate explicitly those transcendental pastimes, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu empowered ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« with the nectar of His mercy to carry out this work in Vá¹›ndÄvana.â€

Purport

This verse and the following two verses are from Act Nine (38, 29, 30) of the Caitanya-candrodaya, by Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra.