kāhāṅ - whereas; tumi - your good self; sarva-śāstre - in all scriptures; kavitve - in a literary career; pravīṇa - very much experienced; kāhāṅ - whereas; āmi - I; sabe - just; śiśu - a boy; paḍuyā - student; navīna - new.

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