Antya-līlāChapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 5.129

śuniyā kavira haila lajjā, bhaya, vismaya

haḿsa-madhye baka yaiche kichu nāhi kaya

SYNONYMS

śuniyā — hearing; kavira — of the poet; haila — there was; lajjā — shame; bhaya — fear; vismaya — astonishment; haḿsa-madhyein a society of white swans; bakaa duck; yaiche — just as; kichu — anything; nāhi — not; kaya — utters.

TRANSLATION

When the Bengali poet heard this chastisement from Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, he was ashamed, fearful and astonished. Indeed, being like a duck in a society of white swans, he could not say anything.

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