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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.73
শব্দালঙ্কার—তিনপাদে আছে অনুপ্রাস ।
‘শ্রীলক্ষ্মী’ শব্দে ‘পুনরুক্তবদাভাস’ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
śabdālaṅkāra — tina-pāde āche anuprāsa
‘śrī-lakṣmī’ śabde ‘punar-uktavad-ābhāsa’
“There is a sound ornament of alliteration in three lines. And in the combination of the words ‘śrī’ and ‘lakṣmī’ there is the ornament of a tinge of redundancy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Alliteration is a sound ornament found in three lines.
The combination of ‘śrī’ and ‘lakṣmī’ has a tinge of redundancy.
This tinge of redundancy is described as an ornament.
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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Say ‘śrī’ and ‘lakṣmī’ aloud, noting that their combination is described as an ornament.
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