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sastrera vicara bhala-manda nahi jani

sarasvati ye balaya, sei bali vani

SYNONYMS

sastrera vicara—discussion of sastra; bhala-manda—good or bad; nahi jani—do not know; sarasvati—mother Sarasvati; ye balaya—whatever she speaks; sei—those; bali—I say; vani—words “My dear sir, I do not know what is good composition and what is bad.

But whatever I have spoken must be understood to have been spoken by mother Sarasvati.”