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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.60
‘দ্বিতীয়’ শব্দ—বিধেয়, তাহা পড়িল সমাসে ।
‘লক্ষ্মীর সমতা’ অর্থ করিল বিনাশে ॥ ৬০ ॥
‘dvitīya’ śabda — vidheya tāhā paḍila samāse
‘lakṣmīra samatā’ artha karila vināśe
“Because the word ‘dvitīya’ [‘second’] is the unknown, in its combination in this compound word the intended meaning of equality with Lakṣmī is lost.
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The word ‘dvitīya’ means ‘second.’
Here, ‘dvitīya’ is the unknown element in the compound word.
Its combination in the compound loses the intended meaning of equality with Lakṣmī.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Therefore at her request He later married His second wife, Viṣṇupriyā-devī. This chapter also describes the Lord’s argument with Keśava Kāśmīrī, the celebrated scholar, and the Lord’s criticism of his prayer glorifying mother Ganges.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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