CC Adi 16.59 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 59
- ‘dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī’—ihāṅ ‘dvitīyatva’ vidheya
- samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya
SYNONYMS
dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī—the word dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī (“a second all-opulent goddess of fortune”); ihāṅ—this; dvitīyatva—the quality of being a second; vidheya—the unknown, which is to be explained; samāse—in the compound word; gauṇa—secondary; haila—became; śabda—artha—the word’s intended meaning; gela—became; kṣaya—lost.
TRANSLATION
“In the word ‘dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī’ [‘a second all-opulent goddess of fortune’], the quality of being a second Lakṣmī is the unknown. In making this compound word, the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.