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kalena vrndavana-keli-varta

lupteti tam khyapayitum visisya

krpamrtenabhisiseca devas

tatraiva rupam ca sanatanam ca

SYNONYMS

kalena—in the course of time; vrndavana-keli-varta—topics concerning the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Krsna in Vrndavana; lupta—almost lost; iti—thus; tam—all those; khyapayitum—to enunciate; visisya—making specific; krpa-amrtena—with the nectar of mercy; abhisiseca—sprinkled; devah—the Lord; tatra—there; eva—indeed; rupam—Srila Rupa Gosvami; ca—and; sanatanam—Sanatana Gosvami; ca—as well as “In the course of time, the transcendental news of Krsna’s pastimes in Vrndavana was almost lost.

To enunciate explicitly those transcendental pastimes, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, at Prayaga, empowered Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami with the nectar of His mercy to carry out this work in Vrndavana.”