### CC Adi 16.59

> ‘দ্বিতীয় শ্রীলক্ষ্মী’ — ইহাঁ ‘দ্বিতীয়ত্ব’ বিধেয় ।\
> সমাসে গৌণ হৈল, শব্দার্থ গেল ক্ষয় ॥৫৯॥

> 'dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī'—ihāṅ 'dvitīyatva' vidheya\
> samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya

*dvitīya*—a second; *śrī-lakṣmī*—the all-opulent goddess of fortune; *ihāṅ*—this word; *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.

**"In the word 'dvitīya-śrīlakṣmī' ['the 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.**