kāhāṅ tumi paṇḍita, dhanī, parama kulīna
kāhāṅ muñi daridra, mūrkha, nīca, kula-hīna

 kāhāṅ - whereas; tumi - you; paṇḍita - learned scholar; dhanī - rich man; parama - first class; kulīna - aristocracy; kāhāṅ - whereas; muñi - I; daridra - poor man; mūrkha - not educated; nīca - fallen; kula-hīna - without aristocracy.


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“ ‘Whereas you are a learned scholar, a rich man belonging to an aristocratic family, I am a poor man, uneducated and with no claim to aristocracy.’

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