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Pastimes of Childhood and Youth
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SYNONYMS
kāhāṅ —whereas;  tumi —your good self;  sarva-śāstre —in all scriptures;  kavitve —in a literary career;  pravīṇa —very 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 experienced in composing poetry, I am only a boy, a new student and nothing more.
TEXT 35
তোমার কবিত্ব কিছু গুনিতে হয় মন । কুপা করি’ কর যদি গঙ্গার বর্ণন ॥ ৩৫ ॥
tomāra kavitva kichu śunite haya mana   kṛpā kari’ kara yadi gaṅgāra varṇana
SYNONYMS
tomāra —your;  kavitva —poetic integrity;  kichu —something;  śunite —to hear;  haya —becomes;  mana —mind;  kṛpā —mercy;  kari’ —showing Me;  kara —you do;  yadi —if;  gaṅgāra —of mother Ganges;  varṇana —description.
TRANSLATION
“Therefore I desire to hear your skill in composing poetry. We could hear this if you would mercifully describe the glory of mother Ganges.”
TEXT 36
শুমিয়া ব্রাহ্মণ গর্বে বর্ণিতে লাগিলা । ঘটী একে শত শ্লোক গঙ্গার বর্ণিলা ॥ ৩৬ ॥
śuniyā brāhmaṇa garve varṇite lāgilā   ghaṭī eke śata śloka gaṅgāra varṇilā
SYNONYMS
śuniyā —hearing this;  brāhmaṇa —the  puṇḍita ,  Keśava Kāśmīrī ;  garve —in pride;  varṇite —to describe;  lāgilā —began;  ghaṭī —hour;  eke —one;  śata —hundred;  śloka —verses;  gaṅgāra —of the Ganges;  varṇilā —described.
TRANSLATION
When the  brāhmaṇa ,  Keśava Kāśmīrī , heard this, he became still more puffed-up, and within one hour he composed one hundred verses describing mother Ganges.