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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 16.50

vyākaraṇiyā tumi nāhi paḍa alaṅkāra tumi ki jānibe ei kavitvera sāra
[vyaakaraniyaa tumi naahi pada alankaara tumi ki jaanibe ei kavitvera saara]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vyākaraṇiyā tumi nāhi paḍa alaṅkāra tumi ki jānibe ei kavitvera sāra
“You are an ordinary student of grammar. What do You know about literary embellishments? You cannot review this poetry because You do not know anything about it.”

Keśava Kāśmīrī first wanted to bluff Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by saying that since He was not an advanced student in literary style, He could not review a verse full of metaphors and literary ornaments. This argument has some basis in fact. Unless one is a medical man he cannot criticize a medical man, and unless one is a lawyer he cannot criticize a lawyer. Therefore Keśava Kāśmīrī first depreciated the Lord’s position. Because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was to the champion a student of grammar, how could He dare criticize a great poet like him? Lord Caitanya, therefore, criticized the poet in a different way. He said that although He was certainly not advanced in a literary career, He had heard from others how to criticize such poetry, and as a śruti-dhara, possessing a complete memory, He could understand the process for such a review.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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