378 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [ Adi-tila, Ch. 17

and began to dance with Lord Caitanya. Thus he became one of the foremost
Vaisnava adherents of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TEXT 233

SUAS Hain ate aeW & aifarey
Sara sce, — ah cores OHA |fh’ feet 20 1

dvesete Srivase prabhu vamsi ta’ magila
$rivasa kahe,——vamsi tomdra gopi hari’ nila

SYNONYMS

Gvesete—in ecstasy; Srivdse—unto Srivasa; prabhu—the Lord; varnsi—a flute; ta’—
certainly; mdagifa—asked; Sriv@sa—Srivasa Thakura; kahe—replied; varinsT—fiute;
tomara—¥ our; gopi—the gopis; hari—stealing; nifa—took away.

TRANSLATION

In ecstasy the Lord asked Srivasa Thakura to deliver His flute, but Srivasa
Thakura replied, ‘Your flute has been stolen away by the gopis.””

TEXT 234
wafer One aay “ae ACH BTA |
Qa aca Fara eTATA 1 208

Suni’ prabhu ‘bala’ ‘bala’ balena dvese
Srivasa varnena vrndavana-litd-rase

SYNONYMS

Suni'—hearing; prabhu—the Lord; bala bala—go on speaking, go on speaking;
balena—He says; dvese—in ecstasy; srivasa—Srivasa Thakura; varnena—describes;
vpndavana—of Vendavana; /i/d-rase—the transcendental mellow of the pastimes.

TRANSLATION

Hearing this reply, the Lord said in ecstasy, ‘“‘Go on talking! Go on taiking!’”’
Thus Srivasa described the transcendental mellow pastimes of Sri Vendavana.

TEXT 235

RISTATS THANG afeier |
ofan efea forg wrere aT h R08

prathamete vrndavana-mddhurya varnila
Suniyd prabhura citte Gnanda badila
