Antya 1.198

TEXT 198

TEXT

মধুর প্রসন্ন ইহার কাব্য সালঙ্কার ।
ঐছে কবিত্ব বিনু নহে রসের প্রচার ॥ ১৯৮ ॥

madhura prasanna ihara kavya salahkara

aiche kavitva vinu nahe rasera pracara

SYNONYMS

madhura-sweet; prasanna-pleasing; ihara-his; kavya-poetry; sa-alahkara-with metaphors and other ornaments; aiche-such as that; kavitva-poetic qualifications; vinu-without; nahe-there is not; rasera-of mellows; pracara-preaching.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu praised the metaphors and other literary ornaments of Srila Rūpa Gosvami's transcendental poetry. Without such poetic attributes, He said, there is no possibility of preaching transcendental mellows.

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