Antya 2.157

TEXT 157

TEXT

আকার না দেখি, মাত্র শুনি তার গান ।' স্বরূপ কহেন, - "এই মিথ্যা অনুমান ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

akara na dekhi, matra suni tara gana'

svarupa kahena,-"ei mithya anumana

SYNONYMS

akara-form; na dekhi-we cannot see; matra-only; suni-we hear; tara-his; gana-singing; svarupa kahena-Svarupa Damodara said; ei-this; mithya-false; anumana-guess.

TRANSLATION

"We cannot see his material form," they said, "but still we hear his sweet singing. Therefore he must have become a ghost." Svarupa Damodara, however, protested, "This is a false guess.