### CC Adi 11.16

> রামদাস — মুখ্যশাখা, সখ্য-প্রেমরাশি ।\
> ষোলসাঙ্গের কাষ্ঠ যেই তুলি’ কৈল বাঁশী ॥১৬॥

> rāmadāsa—mukhya-śākhā, sakhya-prema-rāśi\
> ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha yei tuli' kaila vaṁśī

*rāma-dāsa*—of the name Rāmadāsa; *mukhya-śākhā*—chief branch; *sakhya-prema-rāśi*—full of fraternal love; *ṣola-sāṅgera*—of sixteen knots; *kāṣṭha*—wood; *yei*—that; *tuli'*—raising; *kaila*—made; *vāṁśī*—flute.

**Rāmadāsa, one of the chief branches, was full of fraternal love of Godhead. He made a flute from a stick with sixteen knots.**