### CC Adi 16.78

> ‘লক্ষ্মীরিব’ অর্থালঙ্কার — উপমা-প্রকাশ ।\
> আর অর্থালঙ্কার আছে, নাম — ‘বিরোধাভাস’ ॥৭৮॥

> 'lakṣmīr iva' arthālaṅkāra—upamā-prakāśa\
> āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma—'virodhābhāsa'

*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.

**"The use of '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.**