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moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when the word  naṭatā  is linked with  Kṛṣṇa , this type of introduction is called  udghātyaka .
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used highly technical terms when he discussed this with Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Rūpa Gosvāmī admitted that Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was a greatly learned scholar of bona fide dramatic composition. Thus although Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was quite fit to answer Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya's questions, due to his Vaiṣṇava humility he admitted that his words were impudent. Actually both Rūpa Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya were scholarly experts in composing poetry and presenting it strictly according to the  Sāhitya-darpaṇa  and other Vedic literatures.
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“পদানি ত্বগতার্থানি তদর্থগতয়ে নরাঃ ।
যোজ্জয়ন্তি পদৈরগ্যেঃ স উদ্বাত্যক উচ্যতে ॥১৮৬॥
padāni tv agatārthāni tad-artha-gataye narāḥ yojayanti padair anyaiḥ sa udghātyaka ucyate
SYNONYMS
padāni —words;  tu —but;  agata-arthāni —having an unclear meaning;  tat —that;  artha-gataye —to understand the meaning;  narāḥ —men;  yojayanti —join;  padaiḥ —with words;  anyaiḥ —other;  saḥ —that;  udghātyakaḥ — udghātyaka ;  ucyate —is called.
TRANSLATION
“‘To explain an unclear word, men generally join it with other words. Such an attempt is called  udghātyaka .’”
PURPORT
This verse is quoted from the  Sāhitya-darpaṇa  (6.289).
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রায় কহে,—“কহ আগে অঙ্গের বিশেষ” । শ্রীরূপ কহেন কিছু সংক্ষেপ-উদ্দেশ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
rāya kahe,—“kaha āge aṅgera viśeṣa” śrī-rūpa kahena kichu saṅkṣepa-uddeśa