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suniya brahmana garve varnite lagila

ghati eke sata sloka gangara varnila

SYNONYMS

suniya—hearing this; brahmana—the pandita, Kesava Kasmiri; garve—in pride; varnite—to describe; lagila—began; ghati—hour; eke—one; sata—hundred; sloka—verses; gangara—of the Ganges; varnila—described.

When the brahmana, Kesava Kasmiri, heard this, he became still more puffed up, and within one hour he composed one hundred verses describing mother Ganges.