Text 1231
Talks Between the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāva
159
TRANSLATION
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “I do not know anything about this. I simply vibrate the sound You make me speak.
TEXT 1222
তোমার শিক্ষায় পড়ি যেন শুক-পাঠ । সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর ভূমি, কে বুঝে তোমার নাট ॥ ১২২ ॥
tomāra śikṣāya paḍi yena śuka-pāṭha sāksāt īśvara tumi, ke bujhe tomāra nāta.
SYNONYMS
tomāra śikṣāya —by Your instruction;  paḍi —I read;  yena —like;  śuka-pāṭha —the reading of a parrot;  sākṣāt —directly;  īśvara —the Supreme Personality of God-head;  tumi —You;  ke —who;  bujhe —can understand;  tomāra —Your;  nāṭa —dramatic performance.
TRANSLATION
“I simply repeat like a parrot whatever instructions You have given me. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Who can understand Your dramatic performances?
TEXT 1233
হৃদয়ে প্রেরণ কর, জিহ্বায় কছাও বাণী ।  
    কি কছিয়ে ভাল-মন্দ, কিছুই না জানি ॥ ১২৩ ॥
hṛdaye preraņa kara, jihvāya kahāo vāņi ki kahiye bhāla-manda, kichui nā jāni
SYNONYMS
hṛdaye —within the heart;  preraṇa —direction;  kara —You give;  jihvāya —on the tongue;  kahāo —You make me speak;  vāṇī —words;  ki —what;  kahiye —I am speaking;  bhāla-manda —good or bad;  kichui —something;  nā —not;  jāni —I know.
TRANSLATION
“You inspire me within the heart and make me speak with the tongue. I do not know whether I am speaking well or badly.”