Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 16.34

kāhāń tumi sarva-śāstre kavitve pravīṇa

kāhāń āmi sabe śiśu — paḍuyā navīna

SYNONYMS

kāhāń — whereas; tumi — your good self; sarva-śāstre — in all scriptures; kavitve — in a literary career; pravīṇa — very much experienced; kāhāń — whereas; āmi — I; sabe — just; śiśu — a boy; paḍuyā — student; navīna — new.

TRANSLATION

"My dear sir, whereas you are a very learned scholar in all sorts of scriptures and are very much experienced in composing poetry, I am only a boy — a new student and nothing more.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness