CC Adi 16.34
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 34
- kāhāṅ tumi sarva-śāstre kavitve pravīṇa
- kāhāṅ āmi sabe śiśu—paḍuyā navīna
SYNONYMS
kāhāṅ — whereas; tumi — your good self; sarva-śāstre — in all scriptures; kavitve — in a literary career; pravīṇa — very much experienced; kāhāṅ — 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.