Text 141] Ramananda Raya Instructs Pradyumna Misra 191

SYNONYMS

indra bale—|ndra says; mufi—l; krsnmera—of Lord Krsna; kariyachi—have
done; nindana—chastisement and defamation; tara-i mukhe—from his mouth;
sarasvati—mother Sarasvati, the goddess of learning; karena stavana—offers
prayers.

TRANSLATION

“Thus Indra thought, ‘I have properly chastised Krsna and defamed Him.’
But Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, took this opportunity to offer prayers to
Krsna.

TEXT 140

‘atelier’ afaca—‘“canaasa’ ay |
‘ater — saint ‘Pareg-aite staf 1 980 1

‘vacala kahiye—veda-pravartaka’ dhanya
‘balisa’—tath4pi ‘sisu-praya’ garva-stinya

SYNONYMS

vacala—talkative; kahiye—| say; veda-pravartaka—one who can speak with
the authority of the Vedas; dhanya—glorious; balisa—childish; tathapi—still;
sisu-praya—like a child; garva-scinya—without pride.

TRANSLATION

“The word ‘vacala’ is used to refer to a person who can speak according to
Vedic authority, and the word ‘balisa’ means ‘innocent.’ Krsna spoke the
Vedic knowledge, yet He always presents Himself as a prideless, innocent
boy.

TEXT 141

SUNSITS ‘Clay’ —Gay HICH FI |
areal Cac oD ‘fae’ aifS—ca ‘oe’ |F IIsssn
vandyabhave ‘anamra’—‘stabdha’-sabde kaya
yahda haite anya ‘vijfia’ nahi—se ‘ajfia’ haya
SYNONYMS

vandya-abhave—because there is no one else to be offered obeisances;
anamra—the one who does not offer obeisances; stabdha-sadbe—by the word
stabdha (“impudent”); kaya—says; yaha haite—than whom; anya—other;
vijfia—learned scholar; nahi—is not; se—He; ajfia—one by whom nothing is
unknown; haya—is.
