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prabhu paramparaya ninda kairachena sravana

ebe saksat sunilena ’kalpita’ nindana

SYNONYMS

prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; paramparaya—by hearsay; ninda—blasphemy; kairachena sravana—had heard; ebe—now; saksat—directly; sunilena—He heard; kalpita—imaginary; nindana—blasphemy.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had heard rumors about Ramacandra Puri’s blasphemy.

Now He directly heard his fanciful accusations.

PURPORT

Ramacandra Puri could find no faults in the character of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, for He is situated in a transcendental position as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Ants are generally found everywhere, but when Ramacandra Puri saw ants crawling in the abode of the Lord, he took for granted that they must have been there because Caitanya Mahaprabhu had been eating sweetmeats.

He thus discovered imaginary faults in the Lord and then left.