Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Antya-lila

Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Misra Received Instructions from Ramananda Raya. Text 95

gÄ«ta, Å›loka, grantha, kavitva — yei kari' Äne
prathame Å›unÄya sei svarÅ«pera sthÄne

 gÄ«ta - song; Å›loka - verse; grantha - a literature; kavitva - poetry; yei - anyone who; kari' - making; Äne - brings; prathame - first; Å›unÄya - recites; sei - that person; svarÅ«pera sthÄne - before SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara GosvÄmÄ«.


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Customarily, anyone who composed a song, verse, literary composition or poem about ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu first had to bring it to SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara GosvÄmÄ« to be heard.

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