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CC Antya 5.129 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 129

śuniyā kavira haila lajjā, bhaya, vismaya
haṁsa-madhye baka yaiche kichu nāhi kaya


SYNONYMS

śuniyā—hearing; kavira—of the poet; haila—there was; lajjā—shame; bhaya—fear; vismaya—astonishment; haṁsa-madhye—in a society of white swans; baka—a 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, fearfuI and astonished. Indeed, being like a duck in a society of white swans, he could not say anything.