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Rūpa Gosvāmī's Meeting with the Lord
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TEXT 71
छुहे ‘नाम्नी’ ‘अन्नावना’, छुहे ‘सर्घटना’। 
    पृथक् करिया लिथि करिया डावना ॥ १५ ॥
dui ‘nāndī’ ‘prastāvanā’, dui ‘saṁghaṭanā’ 
    pṛthak kariyā likhi kariyā bhāvanā
SYNONYMS
dui nāndī —two invocations of good fortune;  prastāvanā —introductions;  dui —two;  saṁghaṭanā —chains of events;  prthak kariyā —making separate;  likhi —I shall write;  kariyā bhāvanā —thinking about them.
TRANSLATION
“I shall write two separate invocations of good fortune and two different introductions. Let me think deeply about the matter and then describe two different sets of incidents.”
PURPORT
The two works are  Vidagdha-mādhava  and  Lalita-mādhava .  Vidagdha-mādhava  describes pastimes in  Vṛndāvana , and  Lalita-mādhava  describes pastimes in  Dvārakā  and  Mathurā .
TEXT 72
रथयात्राय जगन्नाथ मर्मन करिला। 
    रथ-अग्रे अञ्जुर नृत्य-कीर्तन मेथिला ॥ १२ ॥
ratha-yātrāya jagannātha darśana karilā 
    ratha-agre prabhura nṛtya-kīrtana dekhilā
SYNONYMS
ratha-yātrāya —during the function of Ratha-yātrā;  jagannātha —Lord Jagannātha;  darśana karilā —he saw;  ratha-agre —the front of the  ratha , or chariot;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nṛtya —dancing;  kīrtana —chanting;  dekhilā —he saw.
TRANSLATION
During the Ratha-yātrā ceremony Rūpa Gosvāmī saw Lord Jagannātha. He also saw Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing and chanting in front of the ratha.