CC Madhya 23.102

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 23, Text 102

পূর্বে প্রয়াগে আমি রসের বিচারে ।
তোমার ভাই রূপে কৈলুঁ শক্তি-সঞ্চারে ॥ ১০২ ॥

pūrve prayāge āmi rasera vicāre
tomāra bhāi rūpe kailuṅ śakti-sañcāre

Word by word

pūrve — previously; prayāge — in Prayāga; āmi — I; rasera vicāre — in consideration of different mellows; tomāra bhāi — your brother; rūpe — unto Rūpa Gosvāmī; kailuṅ — I have done; śakti-sañcāre — endowment of all power.

Translation

“Previously I empowered your brother Rūpa Gosvāmī to understand these mellows. I did this while instructing him at the Daśāśvamedha-ghāṭa in Prayāga.”