Antya 5.129

TEXT 129

TEXT

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

suniya kavira haila lajja, bhaya, vismaya

hamsa-madhye baka yaiche kichu nahi kaya

SYNONYMS

suniya-hearing; kavira-of the poet; haila-there was; lajja-shame; bhaya-fear; vismaya-astonishment; hamsa-madhye-in a society of white swans; baka-a duck; yaiche-just as; kichu-anything; nahi-not; kaya-utters.

TRANSLATION

When the Bengali poet heard this chastisement from Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, he was ashamed, fearful and astonished. Indeed, being like a duck in a society of white swans, he could not say anything.