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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

rāmadāsa—mukhya-śākhā, sakhya-prema-rāśi
ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha yei tuli’ kaila vaṁśī

SYNONYMS

rāma-dāsa—Rāmadāsa; mukhya-śākhā—chief branch; sakhya-prema-rāśi—full of fraternal love; ṣolasa-aṅgera—of sixteen knots; kāṣṭha—wood; yei—that; tuli’—raising; kaila—made; vāṁśī—flute.

TRANSLATION

Rāmadāsa, one of the chief branches, was full of fraternal love of Godhead. He made a flute from a stick with sixteen knots.