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.
TEXT 36
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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.
TEXT 37
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