Text 37]
Rūpa Gosvāmī's Meeting with the Lord
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prastāvanāyās tu mukhe nāndī kāryāśubhāvahā āśīr-namaskriyā-vastu- nirdeśānyatamānvitā
aṣṭābhir daśabhir yuktā kiṁvā dvādaśabhiḥ padaiḥ candranāmāṅkitā prāyo maṅgalārtha-padojjvalā maṅgalaṁ cakra-kamala- cakora-kumudādikam
Similarly, in the Sixth Chapter of the  Sāhitya-darpaṇa , text 282, he has said:
āśīr-vacana-saṁyuktā stutir yasmāt prayujyate deva-dvija-nṛ-pādīnāṁ tasmān nāndīti saṁjñitā
The introductory portion of a drama, which is written to invoke good fortune, is called  nāndī-śloka .
TEXT 36
পথে চলি’ আইসে নাটকের ঘটনা ভাবিতে । কড়চা করিয়া কিছু লাগিলা লিখিতে ॥ ৩৬ ॥
pathe cali’ āise nāṭakera ghaṭanā bhāvite kaḍacā kariyā kichu lāgilā likhite
SYNONYMS
pathe cali’ —walking on the road;  āise —goes;  nāṭakera —of the drama;  ghaṭanā —events;  bhāvite —thinking of;  kaḍacā kariyā —making notes;  kichu —something;  lāgilā likhite —he began to write.
TRANSLATION
On his way to Gauḍa-deśa, Rūpa Gosvāmī had been thinking of how to write the action of the drama. Thus he had made some notes and begun to write.
TEXT 37
এইমতে দুই ভাই গোড়দেশে আইলা । গোড়ে আসি’ অনুপমের গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি হৈলা ॥ ৩৭ ॥