CC Ādi 16.9

Adi-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 9

বিদ্যার প্রভাব দেখি চমৎকার চিতে ।
শত শত পড়ুয়া আসি লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ৯ ৷৷

vidyāra prabhāva dekhi camatkāra cite
śata śata paḍuyā āsi lāgilā paḍite

Word by word

vidyāra — of His learning; prabhāva — the influence; dekhi — seeing; camatkāra — wonder; cite — within the heart; śata śata — many hundreds; paḍuyā — disciples or students; āsi — coming there; lāgila — began; paḍite — to study.

Translation

Struck with wonder by the influence of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s intellectual prowess, many hundreds of students came to the Lord and began studying under His direction.