CC Adi 16.78
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 78
- ‘lakṣmīr iva’ arthālaṅkāra—upamā-prakāśa
- āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma—‘virodhābhāsa’
SYNONYMS
lakṣmīr iva — the words lakṣmīr iva (“like Lakṣmī”); artha-alaṅkāra — ornamental use of the meaning; upamā — analogy; prakāśa — manifestation; āra — also; artha-alaṅkāra — ornamental use of meaning; āche — there is; nāma — which is named; virodha-ābhāsa — possibility of contradiction.
TRANSLATION
“The use of the words ‘lakṣmīr iva’ [‘like Lakṣmī’] manifests the ornament of meaning called upamā [analogy]. There is also the further ornament of meaning called virodhābhāsa, or a contradictory indication.