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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.34
কাঁহা তুমি সর্বশাস্ত্রে কবিত্বে প্রবীণ ।
কাঁহা আমি সবে শিশু—পড়ুয়া নবীন ॥ ৩৪ ॥
kāhāṅ tumi sarva-śāstre kavitve pravīṇa
kāhāṅ āmi sabe śiśu — paḍuyā navīna
“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.
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The Lord addressed the scholar respectfully as “My dear sir.”
He acknowledged the scholar's learning in all sorts of scriptures and experience in composing poetry.
The Lord described Himself as only a boy—a new student and nothing more.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During this time He studied deeply and was victorious over greatly learned scholars. During His kaiśora-līlā the Lord also sported in the water.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I acknowledge another person's learning without needing to display my own?
In one conversation today, respectfully acknowledge something the other person knows well.
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