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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.74
প্রথম–চরণে পঞ্চ ‘ত’–কারের পাঁতি ।
তৃতীয়া–চরণে হয় পঞ্চ ‘রেফ’–স্থিতি ॥৭৪ ॥
prathama-caraṇe pañca ‘ta’-kārera pāṅti
tṛtīya-caraṇe haya pañca ‘repha’-sthiti
“In the arrangement of the first line the letter ‘ta’ occurs five times, and the arrangement of the third line repeats the letter ‘ra’ five times.
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The letter ‘ta’ occurs five times in the first line.
The letter ‘ra’ occurs five times in the third line.
Both lines arrange their repeated letter five times.
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
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Write ‘ta’ five times and ‘ra’ five times, then read each sequence aloud.
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