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CC Adi 16.78 (1975)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 78

'lakṣmīr iva' arthālaṅkāra--upamā-prakāśa
āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma--'virodhābhāsa'


SYNONYMS

lakṣmīr iva—the words lakṣmīr iva (like Lakṣmī); artha-alaṅkāra—ornamental use of the meaning; upamā—analogy; prakāśa—manifestation; āra—also; artha-alaṅkāra—ornamental use of meaning; āche—there is; nāma—which is named; virodha-ābhāsa—possibility of contradiction.


TRANSLATION

"The use of the words 'lakṣmīr iva' ['like Lakṣmī'] manifests the ornament of meaning called upamā [analogy]. There is also the further ornament of meaning called virodhābhāsa, or a contradictory indication.