ei-mata - in this way; kata dina - for some days; karena pūjana - he worshiped; tabe - at that time; svarūpa-gosāñi - Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; tāṅre - to him; kahilā vacana - said some words.

After Raghunātha dāsa had thus worshiped the govardhana-śilā for some time, Svarūpa Dāmodara one day spoke to him as follows.