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TEXT 78
‘লক্ষ্মীরিব’ অর্থালভার – উপমা-প্রকাশ ।
আর অর্থালভার আছে, নাম—‘বিরোধাভাস’ ॥৭৮॥
‘lakṣmīr iva’ arthālaṅkāra—upamā-prakāśa āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma—‘virodhābhāsa’
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
“The use of lakṣmīr iva [like Lakṣmī] manifests the ornament of meaning called upamā [analogy]. There is also the further ornament of meaning called virodha-ābhāsa, or a contradictory indication.
TEXT 79
‘গঙ্গাতে কমল জন্মে’—সবার মুখোধ ।
‘কমলে গঙ্গার জন্ম’—অন্ত্যন্ত বিরোধ ॥ ৭৯ ॥
‘gaṅgāte kamala janme’—sabāra subodha ‘kamale gaṅgāra janma’—atyanta virodha
SYNONYMS
gaṅgāte—in the River Ganges; kamala—lotus flower; janme—grows; sabāra—of everyone; subodha—understanding; kamale—in the lotus flower; gaṅgāra—of the Ganges; janma—birth; atyanta—very much; virodha—contradiction.
TRANSLATION
“Everyone knows that lotus flowers grow in the water of the Ganges. But to say that the Ganges takes birth from a lotus flower seems extremely contradictory.
TEXT 80
‘ইহা বিষ্ণুপাদপদে গঙ্গার উৎপত্তি’ ।
বিরোধালভার ইহা মহা-চমৎকৃতি ॥ ৮০ ॥
‘ihāṅ viṣṇu-pāda-padme gaṅgāra utpatti’ virodhālaṅkāra ihā mahā-camatkṛti