Allen Ginsberg: I know one mantra in Bengali to Sarasvatī. Jaya jaya devī jaya jara sari, kuchuku viśori mukta vihārī vīra nandita pulake vihati bhagavati . . .
Prabhupāda: Oh. Yes. Sarasvatī-stotra, yes.
Allen Ginsberg: For poets.
Prabhupāda: Students are supposed to offer stotras, students specially.
Allen Ginsberg: So that's a mantra for students, for Sarasvatī.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Vidya, the goddess of learning, Sarasvatī. In our childhood we used to worship Sarasvatī, "Please, mother, give me pass this examination." That was our prayer.
So other students, they laughed very loudly. They thought that "Caitanya has come out very victorious within a second." He said: "No. Stop." Then He stopped all these talkings, and . . . "So you are so . . . I have to talk with you. You are very learned." Ordinary formalities. Then he went away. And he was also great worshiper of Mother Sarasvatī. Then he began to pray to Sarasvatī, "Mother Sarasvatī, by your grace I have become victorious in so many places. And what is this, that I am defeated by a boy who is a grammar student?"
So he began to pray, and Mother Sarasvatī informed her (him) that, "He is God, my husband. So you speak means I speak. So how can I defeat my husband? That is not . . ."
(knock at door) Come on. Come on. (someone enters) Yes, come. Yes. You can put there. (someone offers obeisances) Hare Kṛṣṇa. Put there. All right. Put there. Very good.
So then he further did not attempt to talk with Him. He went away, and the Mother Sarasvatī advised him that, "You surrender unto Him. That will be your nice role." Yes. So later on, he became a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, Keśava Kāśmīrī.
Allen Ginsberg: Keśav . . .
Prabhupāda: Keśava Kāśmīrī.
Allen Ginsberg: Keśava Kāśmīrī, "Keśava from Kashmir."
Prabhupāda: Yes. His name was Paṇḍita Keśava, and because he belonged to Kasmir province . . . he was Nimbārka-sampradāya Vaiṣṇava. There are four sampradāyas. The Vaiṣṇava devotees, they are coming one from Lord Brahmā, and one from Lakṣmī. They are called Śrī-sampradāya. And those who are coming from Brahmā, they are called Brahma-sampradāya . . . and one from Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva is also great devotee. Out of twelve great authorities, Lord Śiva is one. Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā and Nārada. Svayaṁbhur nāradaḥ śaṁbhuḥ (SB 6.3.20). Svayaṁbhuḥ means Lord Brahmā.
Allen Ginsberg: Ah, Śaṁbhu.
Prabhupāda: Svayaṁbhuḥ. Svayaṁbhuḥ means "self-born."