Ādi 15.5
TEXT 5
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TEXT
গঙ্গাদাস পণ্ডিত-স্থানে পড়েন ব্যাকরণ ।
শ্রবণ-মাত্রে কণ্ঠে কৈল সূত্রবৃত্তিগণ ॥ ৫ ॥ gaṅgadasa pandita-sthane padena vyakarana
sravana-matre kanthe kaila sutra-vrtti-gana
SYNONYMS
gaṅgadasa-of the name Gaṅgadasa; pandita-sthane-at the place of the teacher; padena-studies; vyakarana-grammar; sravana-matre-simply by hearing; kanthe-between the neck and the heart; kaila-did; sutra-vrtti-gana-the codes and their definitions.
TRANSLATION
When the Lord was studying grammar at the place of Gaṅgadasa Pandita, He would immediately learn grammatical rules and definitions by heart simply by hearing them once.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that the Lord was given lessons by a teacher named Visnu and another teacher named Sudarsana. Later on, when He was a little grown up, He was under the care of Gaṅgadasa Pandita, who taught Him grammar of a higher standard. Anyone serious about studying the Sanskrit language should first learn grammar. It is said that simply to finish studying Sanskrit grammar takes at least twelve years, but once one learns the grammatical rules and regulations very nicely, all other scriptures or subject matters in Sanskrit are extremely easy to understand, for Sanskrit grammar is the gateway to education.
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