CC Adi 16.98
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 98
tabe śiṣya-gaṇa saba hāsite lāgila
tā’-sabā niṣedhi’ prabhu kavire kahila
SYNONYMS
tabe—at that time; śiṣya-gaṇa—the disciples; saba—all; hāsite—to laugh; lāgila—began; tā’-sabā—all of them; niṣedhi’—forbidding; prabhu—the Lord; kavire—unto the poet; kahila—addressed.
TRANSLATION
When the poetic champion was thus defeated, all the Lord’s disciples sitting there began to laugh loudly. But Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked them not to do so, and He addressed the poet as follows.