Text 84]
The Transcendental Madness of Lord Caitanya
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TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī: “Please sing a song that will bring consciousness to My heart.”
TEXT 83
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি তবে মধুর করিয়া। গীতগোবিন্দের পদ গায় প্রভুরে শুনাঞা ॥ ৮৩ ॥
svarūpa-gosāñi tabe madhura kariyā gita-govindera pada gāya prabhure śunāñā
SYNONYMS
svarūpa-gosāñi —Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī;  tabe —thereafter;  madhura kariyā —very sweetly;  gita-govindera —of the book  Gīta-govinda ;  pada —one verse;  gāya —sings;  prabhure —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  śunāñā —making to hear.
TRANSLATION
Thus for the pleasure of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī began very sweetly singing the following verse from  Gīta-govinda .
TEXT 84
রাসে হরিমিহ বিহিতবিলাসম্। স্মরতি মনো মম কৃতপরিহাসম্ ॥ ৮৪ ॥
rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati mano mama kṛta-parihāsam
SYNONYMS
rāse —in the  rāsa dance ;  harim —Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  iha —here;  vihita-vilāsam —performing pastimes;  smarati —remembers;  manaḥ —mind;  mama —my;  kṛta-parihāsam —fond of making jokes.
TRANSLATION
“Here in the arena of the  rāsa dance , I remember Kṛṣṇa, who is always fond of joking and performing pastimes.”
PURPORT
This verse is quoted from  Gīta-govinda  (2.3).