### CC Antya 5.129

> শুনিয়া কবির হৈল লজ্জা, ভয়, বিস্ময় ।\
> হংস-মধ্যে বক যৈছে কিছু নাহি কয় ॥১২৯॥

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

*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.

**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.**