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kahan tumi sarva-sastre kavitve pravina

kahan ami sabe sisu--paduya navina

SYNONYMS

kahan—whereas; tumi—your good self; sarva-sastre—in all scriptures; kavitve—in a literary career; pravina—very experienced; kahan—whereas; ami—I; sabe—just; sisu—a boy; paduya—student; navina—new "My dear sir, whereas you are a very learned scholar in all sorts of scriptures and are very experienced in composing poetry, I am only a boy-a new student and nothing more.