# Cc. Madhya 18.100 > তবে তাঁরে কহে প্রভু চাপড় মারিয়া । > “মূর্খের বাক্যে ‘মূর্খ’ হৈলা পণ্ডিত হঞা ॥১০০॥ ## Text > tabe tāṅre kahe prabhu cāpaḍa māriyā > "mūrkhera vākye 'mūrkha' hailā paṇḍita hañā ## Synonyms *tabe*—thereafter; *tāṅre*—unto Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya; *kahe*—says; *prabhu*—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *cāpaḍa māriyā*—slapping; *mūrkhera vākye*—by the words of some rascals and fools; *mūrkha hailā*—you became a fool; *paṇḍita hañā*—being a learned scholar. ## Translation **When Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya asked to see Kṛṣṇa at Kālīya-daha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mercifully slapped him, saying, "You are a learned scholar, but you have become a fool influenced by the statements of other fools.** ## Purport Māyā is so strong that even a person like Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, who was constantly staying with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was influenced by the words of fools. He wanted to see Kṛṣṇa directly by going to Kālīya-daha, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being the original spiritual master, would not allow His servant to fall into such foolishness. He therefore chastised him, slapping him just to bring him to a real sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.