Text 148]
The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
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sabāra caraṇa-kṛpā  — ‘guru upādhyāyī’ 
 mora vāṇī  — ‘śiṣyā, tāre bahuta nācāi
SYNONYMS
sabāra —of all of them;  caraṇa-kṛpā —the mercy of the lotus feet;  guru upādhyāyī —my teacher of Vedic instruction;  mora vāṇī —my words;  śiṣyā —the disciples;  tāre —them;  bahuta nācāi —I made dance in various ways.
TRANSLATION
The mercy of their lotus feet is my spiritual master, and my words are my disciples that I have made dance in various ways.
PURPORT
Upādhyāyī , or  upādhyāya , refers to one who teaches when approached ( upetya adhīyate asmāt ). In the  Manu-saṁhitā  it is said:
eka-deśaṁ tu vedasya 
  vedāṅgāny api vā punaḥ 
  yo ‘dhyāpayati vṛtty-artham 
  upādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate
“One who teaches others a part of the  Vedas  or literatures supplementary to the  Vedas  may be called  upādhyāya .”  Upādhyāya  also refers to one who teaches art.
TEXT 148
শিষ্যার শ্রম দেখি’ শুরু নাচান রাখিলা । 
  ‘কৃপা’ না নাচায়, ‘বাণী’ বসিয়া রহিলা ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
śiṣyāra śrama dekhi’ guru nācāna rākhilā 
  ‘kṛpā’ nā nācāya, ‘vāṇī’ vasiyā rahilā
SYNONYMS
śiṣyāra —of the disciples;  śrama —the fatigue;  dekhi’ —seeing;  guru —the spiritual master;  nācāna rākhilā —stopped causing the dancing;  kṛpā —mercy;  nā nācāya —does not make dance;  vāṇī —the words;  vasiyā —sitting down;  rahilā —remain silent.
TRANSLATION
Seeing the fatigue of the disciples, the spiritual master has stopped making them dance, and because that mercy no longer makes them dance, my words now sit silently.