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Rāmānanda Rāya Instructs Pradyumna Miśra
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SYNONYMS
indra bale —Indra says;  muñi —I;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kariyāchi —have done;  nindana —chastisement and defamation;  tāra-i mukhe —from his mouth;  sarasvatī —mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning;  karena stavana —offers prayers.
TRANSLATION
“Thus Indra thought, ‘I have properly chastised Kṛṣṇa and defamed Him.’ But Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, took this opportunity to offer prayers to Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 140
‘বাচাল’ কহিয়ে—‘বেদপ্রবর্তক’ ধন্য । ‘বালিশ’—তথাপি ‘শিশু-প্রায়’ গর্বশূন্য ॥ ১৪০ ॥
‘vācāla kahiye—‘veda-pravartaka’ dhanya . ‘bāliśa’—tathāpi ‘śiśu-prāya’ garva-śūnya
SYNONYMS
vācāla —talkative;  kahiye —I say;  veda-pravartaka —one who can speak with the authority of the  Vedas ;  dhanya —glorious;  bāliśa —childish;  tathāpi —still;  śiśu-prāya —like a child;  garva-śūnya —without pride.
TRANSLATION
“The word ‘vācāla’ is used to refer to a person who can speak according to Vedic authority, and the word ‘bāliśa’ means ‘innocent.’ Kṛṣṇa spoke the Vedic knowledge, yet He always presents Himself as a prideless, innocent boy.
TEXT 141
বন্দ্যোভাবে ‘অনন্ত’—‘স্তব্ধ’-শব্দে কয় । যাহা হৈতে অন্য ‘বিজ্ঞ’ নাহি—সে ‘অজ্ঞ’ হয় ॥১৪১॥
vandyābhāve ‘anamra’ —‘stabdha’-śabde kaya  yāhā haite anya ‘vijña’ nāhi —se ‘ajña’ haya
SYNONYMS
vandya-abhāve —because there is no one else to be offered obeisances;  anamra —the one who does not offer obeisances;  stabdha-śabde —by the word  stabdha  (“impudent”);  kaya —says;  yāhā haite —than whom;  anya —other;  vijña —learned scholar;  nāhi —is not;  se —He;  ajña —one by whom nothing is unknown;  haya —is.