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Pastimes of Childhood and Youth
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TEXT 58
অস্বাদমস্থক্তৈব ন বিধেয়দ্দীরযেৎ ।
ন স্বলভাস্পদং কিক্ষিং কৃত্রচিৎ প্রতিভিষ্ঠভি । ৫৮ ॥
anuvādam anuktvaiva na vidheyam udīrayet na hy alabdhāspadaṁ kiñcit kutracit pratitiṣṭhati
SYNONYMS
anuvādam —things already known;  anuktvā —without mentioning;  eva —certainly;  na —not;  vidheyam —unknown subject matters;  udīrayet —one should mention;  na —not;  hi —certainly;  alabdha-āspadam —without having achieved a proper place;  kiñcit —something;  kutracit —anywhere;  pratitiṣṭhati —has a position.
TRANSLATION
“Without first mentioning what is known, one should not introduce the unknown, for that which has no solid basis can never be established anywhere.
TEXT 59
‘ভিতীয় শ্রীলক্ষ্মী’ ইহা ‘ভিতীয়য়’ বিষেয় । সমাসে গোণ হৈল, শব্দার্ধ গেল কয় ॥ ৫৯ ॥
‘dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī’— ihāṅ ‘dvitīyatva’ vidheya samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
“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.
TEXT 60
‘ভিতীয়’ শব্দ বিষেয়, ভাহা পফ্ফিল সমাসে ।
‘লক্ষ্মীয় সমতা’ অর্ধ করিল বিলাশে ॥ ৬০ ॥