śāstrera vicāra bhāla-manda nāhi jāni
sarasvatī ye balāya, sei bali vāṇī

 śāstrera vicāra - discussion of śāstra; bhāla-manda - good or bad; nāhi jāni - do not know; sarasvatī - mother Sarasvatī; ye balāya - whatever she speaks; sei - those; bali - I say; vāṇī - words.


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“My dear sir, I do not know what is good composition and what is bad. But whatever I have spoken must be understood to have been spoken by mother Sarasvatī.”

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