CC Antya 1.186

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Antya-līlā 1.185 - Antya-līlā 1.187

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 186

padāni tv agatārthāni

tad-artha-gataye narāḥ

yojayanti padair anyaiḥ

sa udghātyaka ucyate

SYNONYMS

padāni — words; tu — but; agata-arthāni — having an unclear meaning; tat — that; artha-gataye — to understand the meaning; narāḥ — men; yojayanti — join; padaiḥ — with words; anyaiḥ — other; saḥ — that; udghātyakaḥ — udghātyaka; ucyate — is called.

TRANSLATION

"'To explain an unclear word, men generally join it with other words. Such an attempt is called udghātyaka.'"

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.289).

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