CC Adi 16.78 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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.

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