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tabe sisya-gana saba hasite lagila
ta’-saba nisedhi’ prabhu kavire kahila
SYNONYMS
tabe—at that time; sisya-gana—the disciples; saba—all; hasite—to laugh; lagila—began; ta’-saba—all of them; nisedhi’-forbidding; prabhu—the Lord; kavire—unto the poet; kahila—addressed.
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.