Verse 1.10.16-18

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.16-18:

প্রভু বোলে,—“ইথে আছে কোন্ বড জন? আসিযা খণ্ডুক দেখি আমার স্থাপন? সন্ধি-কার্য না জানিযা কোন কোন জনা আপনে চিন্তযে পুঙ্থি প্রবোধে আপনা’ অহঙ্কার করি’ লোক ভালে মূর্খ হয যেবা জানে, তা’র ঠাঞি পুঙ্থি না চিন্তয” ॥ ১৬-১৮ ॥

प्रभु बोले,—“इथे आछे कोन् बड जन? आसिया खण्डुक देखि आमार स्थापन? सन्धि-कार्य ना जानिया कोन कोन जना आपने चिन्तये पुङ्थि प्रबोधे आपना’ अहङ्कार करि’ लोक भाले मूर्ख हय येबा जाने, ता’र ठाञि पुङ्थि ना चिन्तय” ॥ १६-१८ ॥

prabhu bole,—“ithe āche kon baḍa jana? āsiyā khaṇḍuka dekhi āmāra sthāpana? sandhi-kārya nā jāniyā kona kona janā āpane cintaye puṅthi prabodhe āpanā’ ahaṅkāra kari’ loka bhāle mūrkha haya yebā jāne, tā’ra ṭhāñi puṅthi nā cintaya” || 16-18 ||

prabhu bole,—“ithe ache kon bada jana? asiya khanduka dekhi amara sthapana? sandhi-karya na janiya kona kona jana apane cintaye punthi prabodhe apana’ ahankara kari’ loka bhale murkha haya yeba jane, ta’ra thani punthi na cintaya” (16-18)

English translation:

(16-18) The Lord challenged, “Let us see who is intelligent enough to refute My conclusions. Some students don’t even know the rules of

conjunctions, yet they are satisfied to study on their own. Thus they eventually become fools because they do not take help from someone in knowledge.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word sthāpana means “conclusion.”

The word bhāle means “due to foreseen faults.”

Nimāi proudly challenged as follows: “There is no one more intelligent, more learned, and more knowledgeable in Navadvīpa who can refute My conclusions. How surprising it is that although many people do not know the first lesson of grammar, how to join words, by the influence of their false ego they think they will become learned by independently studying their books! But in spite of their false ego, I can see that due to foreseen faults they achieve only foolishness while presenting their answers, because they do not come and study from Me, the Lord of Sarasvatī and object of service for the crest jewels amongst learned scholars.”