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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.74
অনুবাদমনুক্ত্বা তু ন বিধেয়মুদীরয়েৎ
ন হ্যলব্ধাস্পদং কিঞ্চিৎ কুত্রচিৎ প্রতিতিষ্ঠতি ॥ ৭৪ ॥
anuvādam anuktvā tu
na vidheyam udīrayet
na hy alabdhāspadaṁ kiñcit
kutracit pratitiṣṭhati
“ ‘One should not state a predicate before its subject, for it cannot thus stand without proper support.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A predicate should not be stated before its subject, because it would lack proper support.
This rhetorical rule appears in the Ekādaśī-tattva in connection with the metaphorical use of words.
The known subject should come first. Without it, the unknown object has no meaning.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When explaining something unfamiliar, do I first give the listener a known subject?
Write one sentence that names a known subject before giving new information about it.
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