CC Antya 1.126
TEXT 126
vidagdha-mādhava āra lalita-mādhava
dui nāṭake prema-rasa adabhuta saba“
SYNONYMS
vidagdha-mādhava—one is named Vidagdha-mādhava; āra—and; lalita-mādhava—named Lalita-mādhava; dui nāṭake—in two plays; prema-rasa—ecstatic mellows of emotional love for Kṛṣṇa; adabhuta—wonderful; saba—all.
TRANSLATION
“The two plays are called Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava. Both of them wonderfully describe ecstatic emotional love of God.”
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura informs us in this connection that Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finished the drama known as Vidagdha-mādhava in the year Śakābda 1454 (A.D. 1532) and the Lalita-mādhava in Śakābda 1459 (A.D. 1537). The discussion between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Jagannātha Purī took place in Śakābda 1437 (A.D. 1515).