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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.67
তিন পাদে অনুপ্রাস দেখি অনুপম ।
এক পাদে নাহি, এই দোষ ‘ভগ্নক্রম’ ॥ ৬৭ ॥
tina pāde anuprāsa dekhi anupama
eka pāde nāhi, ei doṣa ‘bhagna-krama’
“There is extraordinary alliteration in three lines of the verse, but in one line there is no such alliteration. This is the fault of deviation.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Three lines of the verse have extraordinary alliteration.
One line has no such alliteration.
This difference is identified as the fault of deviation.
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:
When the Lord returned home, He saw that His mother was overwhelmed with grief because of Lakṣmīdevī’s death. Therefore at her request He later married His second wife, Viṣṇupriyā-devī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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How does a break in a sound pattern affect my experience of a verse?
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