ataeva tāhā varṇile haya punarukti
dambha kari' varṇi yadi taiche nāhi śakti

 ataeva - therefore; tāhā - such activities; varṇile - if describing; haya - there is; punarukti - repetition; dambha kari' - being proud; varṇi - I describe; yadi - if; taiche - such; nāhi - there is not; śakti - power.


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Therefore I very humbly submit that since these incidents have already been nicely described by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, I would be very proud to repeat the same thing, and this would not be very good. I do not have such powers.

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