Text 36] Pastimes of Childhood and Youth 219

SYNONYMS
kahah—whereas; tumi—your good self; sarva-Sastre—in all scriptures; Ravitve—in
a literary career, pravina—very experienced; kdhdf—whereas; dmi-|; sabe—just;
sisu—a boy; paduya—student; navina—new.
TRANSLATION

“My dear sir, whereas you are a very learned scholar in all sorts of scriptures and
are very experienced in composing poetry, { am only a boy, a new student and
nothing more.

TEXT 35
curata faz fag wfacs oa aa |
wr ala’ wa ath teria ala oe Nl

tomdra kavitva kichu sunite haya mana
krpé@ kari’ kara yadi ganhgara sarnana

SYNONYMS

tomara— your; kavitva— poetic integrity; kichu—something; sunite—to hear; haya—
becomes; mana—mind; krpd—mercy; kari’—showing Me; kara—you do; yadi—if;
garigGra—of mother Ganges; varnana—description.

TRANSLATION

‘Therefore | desire to hear your skill in composing poetry. We could hear this if
you would mercifully describe the glory of mother Ganges.”

TEXT 36

wefirnl aime ste aftics enfant |
QB TS 1S Cate sterta afer ow N

suntyd brahmana garve varnite lagila
ghati eke Sata s!oka gahgéra varnila

SYNONYMS

suniyg—hearing this; br@hmana—the pundita, Kesava Kasmiri; garve—in pride;
vernite—to describe; /agiiad—began; ghati—hour; eke—one; sata—hundred; s/oka—
verses; garigdra—of the Ganges; varni{a—described.

TRANSLATION

When the brahmana, Kesava Kasm:ri, heard this, he became still more puffed-up,
and within one hour he composed one hundred verses describing mother Ganges.
