248 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 16

vastutah sarasvati asuddha Sloka kardila
vicdra-samaya tanra buddhi acchadila

SYNONYMS

vastutah—in fact; sarasvati—mother Sarasvati; osuddha—impure; s/oka—verse;
Rardila—caused him to compose; vicara-sarmaya—at the time of reviewing; anra—his;
buddhi— intelligence; dcchadi/a—covered.

TRANSLATION

Sarasvati had in fact induced the champion to compose his verse in an impure
way. Furthermore, when it was discussed she covered his intelligence, and thus
the Lord's intelligence was triumphant.

TEXT 98

Sea Fargas Aq Qihacs after
SY ral fatale’ ere sfaca Shen Wav t

tabe sisya-gana saba hasite lagila
td'-saba nisedhi' prabhu kavire Rahita

SYNONYMS

tabe—at that time; sisya-gana—the disciples; saba—all; hdsite—to laugh; lagila—
began; td‘-sabd—all of them; nisedhi’—forbidding; prabhu—the Lord; kavire—unto
the poet; Rafi/a—addressed.

TRANSLATION

When the poetic champion was thus defeated, all the Lord's disciples sitting
there began to laugh loudly. But Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked them not to do
so, and He addressed the poet as follows.

TEXT 99

gf ay ofan, verefefacatale |
Sta acy aifeara @ce FTA Wd 0

tumi bada pandita, mah@kavi-Siromani
yanra mukhe bahirdya aiche kavya-vani

SYNONYMS

tumi—you; bada pangita—greatly learned scholar; mahd-kavi—of all great poets;
Siromani—the topmost; y@fra— of whom; mukhe—in the mouth; bahirdya—emanates,;
aiche—such, kavya-vani— poetic language.
