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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.151
“সরূপাণামেকশেষ একবিভক্তৌ” ।
উক্তার্থানামপ্ৰয়োগঃ ।
রামশ্চ রামশ্চ রামশ্চ রামা ইতিবৎ ॥ ১৫১ ॥
“sarūpāṇām eka-śeṣa eka-vibhaktau”
uktārthānām aprayogaḥ,
rāmaś ca rāmaś ca rāmaś ca rāmā itivat.
“ ‘Of words having the same form and case termination, the last one is the only one retained. For example, the word “rāmāḥ” is used to stand for “rāmaś ca, rāmaś ca, rāmaś ca, etc.”’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When words have the same form and case termination, only the last one is retained.
For example, ‘rāmāḥ’ stands for ‘rāmaś ca, rāmaś ca, rāmaś ca, etc.’
This grammatical rule is quoted from Pāṇini’s sūtras.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the example help me understand why repeated words need not all be retained?
Write ‘rāmaś ca, rāmaś ca, rāmaś ca’ beside ‘rāmāḥ’ and note the rule connecting them.
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