TEXT 89
paduya balaka kaila mora buddhi lopa
jani--sarasvati more kariyachena kopa
SYNONYMS
paduyastudent; balakaa boy; kailamade; moramy; buddhiintelligence; lopalost; janiI can understand; sarasvatimother Sarasvati; morewith me; kariyachenamust have been; kopaangry.
TRANSLATION
"This mere boy has blocked my intelligence. I can therefore understand that mother Sarasvati has become angry with me.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly said that all intelligence comes from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in everyone's heart as Paramatma. The Paramatma gave the pandita the intelligence to understand that because he was proud of his learning and wanted to defeat even the Supreme Lord, by the will of the Lord and through the agency of mother Sarasvati he had been defeated. One should not, therefore, be too proud of one's position. Even if one is a greatly learned scholar, if he commits an offense to the lotus feet of the Lord he will not be able to speak properly, in spite of his learning. In every respect, we are controlled. Our only duty, therefore, is to surrender always to the lotus feet of the Lord and not be falsely proud. Mother Sarasvati created this situation to favor the champion pandita so that he might surrender unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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