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rasa-lilara sloka padi’ karena stavana

“jayati te ’dhikam” adhyaya karena pathana

SYNONYMS

rasa-lilara—of the rasa-lila dance; sloka—verses; padi’-reciting; karena—offers; stavana—prayers; jayati te ’dhikam—beginning with the words jayati te ’dhikam; adhyaya—chapter; karena—does; pathana—recitation.

The King began to recite verses about the rasa-lila from Srimad Bhagavatam.

He recited the chapter beginning with the words “jayati te ’dhikam.”

PURPORT

These verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Ten, Chapter Thirty-one, constitute what is known as the Gopi-gita.