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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.75
চতুর্থ–চরণে চারি ‘ভ’–কার–প্রকাশ ।
অতএব শব্দালঙ্কার অনুপ্রাস ॥ ৭৫ ॥
caturtha-caraṇe cāri ‘bha’-kāra-prakāśa
ataeva śabdālaṅkāra anuprāsa
“In the fourth line the letter ‘bha’ occurs four times. This arrangement of alliteration is a pleasing ornamental use of sounds.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The letter ‘bha’ occurs four times in the fourth line.
This repetition is an arrangement of alliteration.
The arrangement is a pleasing ornamental use of sounds.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice when you listen closely to a repeated sound?
Say ‘bha’ four times slowly, paying attention to the repeated sound.
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