tabe - at that time; śiṣya-gaṇa - the disciples; saba - all; hāsite - to laugh; lāgila - began; tā'-sabā - all of them; niṣedhi' - forbidding; prabhu - the Lord; kavire - unto the poet; kahila - addressed.

When the poetic champion was thus defeated, all the Lord’s disciples sitting there began to laugh loudly. But Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked them not to do so, and He addressed the poet as follows.