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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.77
‘শ্রীযুক্ত লক্ষ্মী’ অর্থে অর্থের বিভেদ ।
পুনরুক্তবদাভাস, শব্দালঙ্কার ভেদ ॥ ৭৭ ॥
‘śrī-yukta lakṣmī’ arthe arthera vibheda
punar-uktavad-ābhāsa, śabdālaṅkāra-bheda
“Describing Lakṣmī as possessed of śrī [opulence] offers a difference in meaning with a tinge of repetition. This is the second ornamental use of words.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lakṣmī is described as possessed of śrī, or opulence.
This description offers a difference in meaning with a tinge of repetition.
It is identified as the second ornamental use of words.
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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How does understanding śrī as opulence help you see the difference in meaning?
Write ‘Lakṣmī possesses śrī (opulence)’ and underline the word that describes what she possesses.
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