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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.86
বিচারি’ কবিত্ব কৈলে হয় সুনির্মল ।
সালঙ্কার হৈলে অর্থ করে ঝলমল ॥ ৮৬ ॥
vicāri’ kavitva kaile haya sunirmala
sālaṅkāra haile artha kare jhalamala
“Poetic skill used with due consideration is very pure, and with metaphors and analogies it is dazzling.”
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Poetic skill should be used with due consideration.
Skill used in this thoughtful way is described as very pure.
Metaphors and analogies make such poetry dazzling.
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:
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. In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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How can I use a comparison thoughtfully rather than merely to impress?
Write one short poetic sentence with a metaphor or analogy, then check whether the comparison fits your meaning.
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