Text 97]
Pastimes of Childhood and Youth
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TRANSLATION
“My dear sir, I do not know what is good composition and what is bad. But whatever I have spoken must be understood to have been spoken by mother Sarasvatī.”
TEXT 95
ইহা তনি’ দিখিভগ্নী করিল নিন্দুর । শিশুদারে দেবী মোরে কৈল পরাভয় ॥ ১৫ ॥
ihā śuni’ digvijayī karila niścaya śiśu-dvāre devī more kaila parājaya
SYNONYMS
ihā śuni’ —hearing this;  dig-vijayī —the champion;  karila —admitted;  niścaya —decision;  śiśu-dvāre —through this boy;  devī —mother Sarasvatī;  more —unto me;  kaila —has done;  parājaya —defeat.
TRANSLATION
When he heard this judgment from Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the paṇḍita sorrowfully wondered why mother Sarasvatī wanted to defeat him through a small boy.
TEXT 96
আজি তাঁরে নিবেদিব, করি’ জপ-ধ্যান । শিশুদারে কৈল মোরে এত জপমান ॥ ১৬ ॥
āji tāṅre nivediba, kari’ japa-dhyāna śiśu-dvāre kaila more eta apamāna
SYNONYMS
āji —today;  tāṅre —unto her;  nivediba —I shall offer my prayers;  kari’ —performing;  japa —chanting;  dhyāna —meditation;  śiśu-dvāre —through a boy;  kaila —has done;  more —unto me;  eta —so much;  apamāna —insult.
TRANSLATION
“I shall offer prayers and meditation to the goddess of learning,” the champion concluded, “and ask her why she has insulted me so greatly through this boy.”
TEXT 97
বন্ধত: সরস্বতী অন্তত শ্লোক করাইল । বিচার-সময় তাঁর বৃত্তি আচ্ছাদিল ॥ ১৭ ॥