What he was not doing was producing original mathematical advances while some of his less able colleagues were being much more successful. Ramanujam felt that he did not have what it takes to solve the big problems of mathematics, and he had no wish to solve small routine problems.
Ramanujam madama na siya ay hindi magkaroon ng kung ano ang aabutin upang malutas ang malaking problema ng matematika, at hindi niya hilingin sa malutas ang problema sa maliit na karaniwan.