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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.69
দশ অলঙ্কারে যদি এক শ্লোক হয় ।
এক দোষে সব অলঙ্কার হয় ক্ষয় ॥ ৬৯ ॥
daśa alaṅkāre yadi eka śloka haya
eka doṣe saba alaṅkāra haya kṣaya
“If there are ten literary ornaments in a verse but even one faulty expression, the entire verse is nullified.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A verse may contain ten literary ornaments.
Even with those ornaments, it may contain a faulty expression.
Even one such expression nullifies the entire verse.
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:
In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to examine a faulty expression even in writing I admire?
Check one short passage for a single expression that weakens its meaning.
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