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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.297
সরূপাণামেকশেষ একবিভক্তৌ,
উক্তার্থানামপ্রয়োগ ইতি ॥ ২৯৭ ॥
sarūpāṇām eka-śeṣa eka-vibhaktau,
uktārthānām aprayoga iti
“ ‘Of words having the same form and case termination, the last one is the only one retained.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The rule concerns words having the same form and case termination.
Of these matching words, only the last one is retained.
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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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