Ādi 16.59

TEXT 59

TEXT

'দ্বিতীয় শ্রীলক্ষ্মী'-ইঁহা 'দ্বিতীয়ত্ব' বিধেয় ।
সমাসে গৌণ হৈল, শব্দার্থ গেল ক্ষয় ॥ ৫৯ ॥

'dvitiya sri-laksmi'-ihaṅ 'dvitiyatva' vidheya

samase gauna haila, sabdartha gela ksaya

SYNONYMS

dvitiya-a second; sri-laksmi-the all-opulent goddess of fortune; ihaṅ-this word; dvitiyatva-the quality of being a second; vidheya-the unknown, which is to be explained; samase-in the compound word; gauna-secondary; haila-became; sabda-artha-the word's intended meaning; gela-became; ksaya-lost.

TRANSLATION

"In the word dvitiya-srilaksmir [the second all-opulent goddess of fortune], the quality of being a second Laksmi is the unknown. In making this compound word, the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.

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