11.16

ramadasa--mukhya-sakha, sakhya-prema-rasi

solasangera kastha yei tuli’ kaila vamsi

SYNONYMS

rama-dasa—of the name Ramadasa; mukhya-sakha—chief branch; sakhya-prema-rasi—full of fraternal love; solasa-angera—of sixteen knots; kastha—wood; yei—that; tuli’-raising; kaila—made; vamsi—flute.

Ramadasa, one of the chief branches, was full of fraternal love of Godhead.

He made a flute from a stick with sixteen knots.