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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 56

‘gaṅgāra mahattva’—śloke mūla ‘vidheya’
idaṁ śabde ‘anuvāda’—pāche avidheya

SYNONYMS

gaṅgāra mahattva—glorification of mother Ganges; śloke—in the verse; mūla—chief; vidheya—unknown; idam śabde—by the word idam (“this”); anuvāda—the known; pāche—at the end; avidheya—improper.

TRANSLATION

“The glorification of the Ganges [mahattvaṁ gaṅgāyāḥ] is the principal unknown subject matter in this verse, and the known subject matter is indicated by the word ‘idam,’ which has been placed after the unknown.