Text 37] Ripa Gosvami’s Meeting with the Lord 19

prastavanayads tu mukhe
nandi karyasubhavaha

asir-namaskriya-vastu-
nirdesanyatamanvita

astabhir dasabhir yukta
kimva dvadasabhih padaih

candranamankita prayo
mangalartha-padojjvala

mangalam cakra-kamala-
cakora-kumudadikam

Similarly, in the Sixth Chapter of the Sahitya-darpana, text 282, he has said:

asir-vacana-samyukta
stutir yasmat prayujyate

deva-dvija-nr-padinarn
tasman nanditi samjnita

The introductory portion of a drama, which is written to invoke good fortune, is
called nandi-sloka.
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pathe cali’ dise natakera ghatand bhavite
kadacd kariya kichu lagila likhite

SYNONYMS

pathe cali’—walking on the road; dise—goes; ndtakera—of the drama;
ghatand—events; bhavite—thinking of; kadaca kariya—making notes; kichu—
something; /agild likhite—he began to write.

TRANSLATION

On his way to Gauda-desa, Ripa Gosvami had been thinking of how to
write the action of the drama. Thus he had made some notes and begun to
write.

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