CC ANTYA 1.126
vidagdha-mādhava āra lalita-mādhava
dui nāṭake prema-rasa adabhuta saba "
dui nāṭake prema-rasa adabhuta saba "
SYNONYMS
vidagdha-mādhava—one is named Vidagdha-mādhava; āra—and; lalita-mādhava—named Lalita-mādhava; dui nāṭake—in two plays; prema-rasa—ecstatic mellows of emotional love for Kṛṣṇa; adabhuta—wonderful; saba—all.
TRANSLATION
"The two plays are called Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava. Both of them wonderfully describe ecstatic emotional love of God."
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura informs us in this connection that Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed the drama known as Vidagdha-mādhava in the year Śakābda 1454, and he finished Lalita-mādhava in Śakābda 1459. The discussion between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Jagannātha Purī took place in Śakābda 1437.