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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 1
SYNONYMS
rātre —at night;  svapne dekhe —he dreamed;  eka —one;  divya-rūpā rīaī —celestially beautiful woman;  sammukhe āsiyā —coming before him;  ājñā dilā —ordered;  bahu kṛpā kari —showing him much mercy.
TRANSLATION
While resting in Satyabhāmā-pura, he dreamed that a celestially beautiful woman had come before him and very mercifully gave him the following order.
TEXT 42
“আমার নাটক পৃথক্ করহ রচন ।
আমার রুপাতে নাটক হৈবে বিলক্ষণ ॥ ৪২ ॥
“āmāra nāṭaka pṛthak karaha racana āmāra kṛpāte nāṭaka haibe vilakṣaṇa”
SYNONYMS
“āmāra nāṭaka —my drama;  pṛthak karaha racana —write separately;  āmāra kṛpāte —by my mercy;  nāṭaka —the drama;  haibe —will be;  vilakṣaṇa —extraordinarily beautiful.
TRANSLATION
“Write a separate drama about me,” she said. “By my mercy, it will be extraordinarily beautiful.”
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স্বপ্ন দেখি’ রূপ-গোসাঞি করিলা বিচার ।
সত্যভামার আজ্ঞা—পৃথক্ নাটক করিবার ॥ ৪৩ ॥
svapna dekhi’ rūpa-gosāñi karilā vicāra satya-bhāmāra ājñā — pṛthak nāṭaka karibāra
SYNONYMS
svapna dekhi —after dreaming;  rūpa-gosāñi —Rūpa Gosvāmī;  karilā vicāra —considered;  satya-bhāmāra ājñā —the order of Śrīmatī Satyabhāmā;  pṛthak nāṭaka karibāra —to write a separate drama.