CC Madhya 2.17

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 2, Text 17

এইমত বিলাপ করে বিহ্বল অন্তর ।
রায়ের নাটক-শ্লোক পড়ে নিরন্তর ॥ ১৭ ॥

ei-mata vilāpa kare vihvala antara
rāyera nāṭaka-śloka paḍe nirantara

Word by word

ei-mata — in this way; vilāpa — lamentation; kare — does; vihvala — bewildered; antara — within; rāyera — of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya; nāṭaka — drama; śloka — verses; paḍe — recites; nirantara — constantly.

Translation

In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu always expressed bewilderment and lamented in separation from Kṛṣṇa. At such times He used to recite the ślokas from Rāmānanda Rāya’s drama, known as Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka.