Text 45]
Rūpa Gosvāmī's Meeting with the Lord
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TRANSLATION
After having that dream, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī considered, "It is the order of Satyabhāmā that I write a separate drama for her."
TEXT 44
ব্রজ-পুর-লীলা একত্র করিয়াছি ঘটনা। দুই ভাগ করি' এবে করিমু রচনা ॥ 88 ॥
vraja-pura-līlā ekatra kariyāchi ghaṭanā dui bhāga kari' ebe karimu racanā
SYNONYMS
vraja-pura-līlā —Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes in Vraja and Dvārakā;  ekatra —in one place;  kariyāchi —I have collected;  ghaṭanā —all the events;  dui bhāga kari' —dividing into two different parts;  ebe —now;  karimu racanā —I shall write.
TRANSLATION
"I have brought together in one work all the pastimes performed by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana and in Dvārakā. Now I shall have to divide them into two dramas."
TEXT 45
ভাবিতে ভাবিতে শীঘ্র আইলা নীলাচলে । আসি' উত্তরিলা হরিদাস-বাসাস্থলে ॥ 8৫ ॥
bhāvite bhāvite śīghra āilā nīlācale āsi' uttarilā haridāsa-vāsā-sthale
SYNONYMS
bhāvite bhāvite —thinking and thinking;  śīghra —very soon;  āilā nīlācale —reached Nīlācala (Jagannātha Purī);  āsi' —coming;  uttarilā —approached;  haridāsa-vāsā-sthale —the place where Haridāsa Ṭhākura was residing.
TRANSLATION
Thus absorbed in thought, he quickly reached Jagannātha Purī. When he arrived, he approached the hut of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.