vidagdha-mÄdhava Ära lalita-mÄdhava
dui nÄá¹ake prema-rasa adabhuta saba"
vidagdha-mÄdhava - one is named Vidagdha-mÄdhava; Ära - and; lalita-mÄdhava - named Lalita-mÄdhava; dui nÄá¹ake - in two plays; prema-rasa - ecstatic mellows of emotional love for Kṛṣṇa; adabhuta - wonderful; saba - all.
“The two plays are called Vidagdha-mÄdhava and Lalita-mÄdhava. Both of them wonderfully describe ecstatic emotional love of God.â€
ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura informs us in this connection that ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« finished the drama known as Vidagdha-mÄdhava in the year ÅšakÄbda 1454 (A.D. 1532) and the Lalita-mÄdhava in ÅšakÄbda 1459 (A.D. 1537). The discussion between RÄmÄnanda RÄya and ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« at JagannÄtha PurÄ« took place in ÅšakÄbda 1437 (A.D. 1515).
