rāya kahe, — "nāndī-śloka paḍa dekhi, śuni?"
śrī-rūpa śloka paḍe prabhu-ājñā māni'

 rāya kahe - Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya says; nāndī-śloka paḍa - please recite the introductory verse; dekhi - so that I can see; śuni - so that I can hear; śrī-rūpa śloka paḍe - Rūpa Gosvāmī recites the verse; prabhu-ājñā māni' - accepting the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.


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Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Please recite the introductory verse of the Vidagdha-mādhava so that I can hear and examine it.” Thus Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, being ordered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, recited the verse (1.1).

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