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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 1.39-40
দানকেলিকৌমুদী, আর বহু স্তবাবলী ।
অষ্টাদশ লীলাচ্ছন্দ, আর পদ্যাবলী ॥ ৩৯ ॥
dāna-keli-kaumudī, āra bahu stavāvalī
aṣṭādaśa līlā-cchanda, āra padyāvalī
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī also compiled the Dāna-keli-kaumudī, Stavāvalī, Līlā-cchanda, Padyāvalī, Govinda-virudāvalī, Mathurā-māhātmya and Nāṭaka-varṇana.
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī also compiled Dāna-keli-kaumudī and Stavāvalī.
His works include Līlā-cchanda, Padyāvalī and Govinda-virudāvalī.
Mathurā-māhātmya and Nāṭaka-varṇana are also named among his books.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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