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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.116

Rāmadāsa Abhirāma’s absorption in friendship

“Rāmadāsa Abhirāma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 10.116, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Rāmadāsa Abhirāma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship.
  • He made a flute from a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.
  • Abhirāma lived in Khānākula-kṛṣṇa-nagara.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly and write one sentence recalling Abhirāma’s mood and his flute.

Ask yourself

Which detail helps you remember Rāmadāsa Abhirāma’s absorption in friendship?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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