Antya 1.137

TEXT 137

TEXT

রায় কহে, - "প্ররোচনাদি কহ দেখি, শুনি ?" রূপ কহে, - মহাপ্রভুর শ্রবণেচ্ছা জানি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

raya kahe,-"prarocanadi kaha dekhi, suni?"

rupa kahe,-"mahaprabhura sravaneccha jani"

SYNONYMS

raya kahe-Srila Ramananda Raya says; prarocanadi kaha-please recite the prarocana; dekhi-I shall see; suni-and hear; rupa kahe-Srila Rupa Gosani replies; mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sravana-iccha-desired to hear; jani-I think.

TRANSLATION

Ramananda Raya said, "Please recite the prarocana portion so that I may hear and examine it." Sri Rupa replied, "I think that the desire to hear of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is prarocana.

PURPORT

The method of inducing the audience to become more and more eager to hear by praising the time and place, the hero and the audience is called prarocana. This is the statement regarding prarocana in the Nataka-candrika:

desa-kala-katha-vastu-
sabhyadinam prasamsaya
srotrnam unmukhi-karah
kathiteyam prarocana

Similarly the Sahitya-darpana (6.286) says:

tasyah prarocana vithi
tatha prahasana-mukhe
aṅganyatronmukhi-karah
prasamsatah prarocana

Any literature presented in Sanskrit must follow the rules and regulations mentioned in the authoritative reference books. The technical inquiries by Srila Ramananda Raya and the replies of Srila Rupa Gosvami indicate that both of them were expert and fully conversant with the techniques of writing drama.