CC Adi 16.59
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 59
- ‘dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī’—ihāṅ ‘dvitīyatva’ vidheya
- samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya
SYNONYMS
dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī — the word dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī (“a second all-opulent goddess of fortune”); ihāṅ — this; dvitīyatva — the quality of being a second; vidheya — the unknown, which is to be explained; samāse — in the compound word; gauṇa — secondary; haila — became; śabda — artha—the word’s intended meaning; gela — became; kṣaya — lost.
TRANSLATION
“In the word ‘dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī’ [‘a second all-opulent goddess of fortune’], the quality of being a second Lakṣmī is the unknown. In making this compound word, the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.