CC Antya 19.23

Antya-līlā, Chapter 19, Text 23

তরজা শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু ঈষত্ হাসিলা ।
‘তাঁর যেই আজ্ঞা’ — বলি’ মৌন ধরিলা ॥ ২৩ ॥

tarajā śuni’ mahāprabhu īṣat hāsilā
‘tāṅra yei ājñā’ — bali’ mauna dharilā

Word by word

tarajā śuni’ — hearing the sonnet; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; īṣat hāsilā — quietly smiled; tāṅra yei ājñā — that is His order; bali’ — saying; mauna dharilā — became silent.

Translation

After hearing the equivocal sonnet by Advaita Ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu quietly smiled. “That is His order,” He said. Then He fell silent.