svarūpa kahe, — "kṛṣṇa-līlāra nāṭaka karite
vraja-līlā-pura-līlā ekatra varṇite

 svarūpa kahe - Svarūpa Dāmodara replied on behalf of Rūpa Gosvāmī; kṛṣṇa-līlāra - of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāṭaka karite - composing a drama; vraja-līlā-pura-līlā - His pastimes in Vṛndāvana and His pastimes in Mathurā and Dvārakā; ekatra - in one book; varṇite - to describe.


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Svarūpa Dāmodara replied for Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: “He wanted to compose a drama about the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He planned to describe in one book both the pastimes of Vṛndāvana and those of Dvārakā and Mathurā.

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