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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 1]
TRANSLATION
Such are the transcendental pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī. He even delivered a dog simply by inducing it to chant the mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 34
এথা প্রভু-আজ্ঞায় রূপ আইলা বৃদ্ধাবন । কৃষ্ণলীলা-নাটক করিতে হৈল মন ॥ ৩৪ ॥
ethā prabhu-ājñāya rūpa āilā vṛndāvana kṛṣṇa-līlā-nāṭaka karite haila mana
SYNONYMS
ethā —on the other side;  prabhu-ājñāya —upon the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  rūpa —Rūpa Gosvāmī;  āilā —went;  vṛndāvana —to Vṛndāvana;  kṛṣṇa-līlā-nāṭaka —a drama on Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes;  karite —to compose;  haila —it was;  mana —the mind.
TRANSLATION
Meanwhile, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī returned to Vṛndāvana. He desired to write dramas concerning the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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বৃদ্ধাবনে নাটকের আরম্ভ করিলা । মঙ্গলাচরণ ‘নান্দী-শ্লোক’ তথাই লিখিলা ॥ ৩৫ ॥
vṛndāvane nāṭakera ārambha karilā maṅgalācaraṇa ‘nāndī-śloka’ tathāi likhilā
SYNONYMS
vṛndāvane —at Vṛndāvana;  nāṭakera —of the drama;  ārambha —the beginning;  karilā —wrote;  maṅgalācaraṇa —invoking auspiciousness;  nāndī-śloka —introductory verse;  tathāi —there;  likhilā —he wrote.
TRANSLATION
In Vṛndāvana, Rūpa Gosvāmī began to write a drama. In particular, he composed the introductory verses to invoke good fortune.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Țhākura quotes his notes from the  Nāṭaka-candrikā , wherein he has written: