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তার মধ্যে পূর্ববিধি ‘প্রশংসা’ ছাড়িয়া। পরবিধি ‘নিন্দা’ করে ‘বলিষ্ঠ’ জ্ঞানিয়া ॥ ৭৯ ॥
tāra madhye pūrva-vidhi ‘praśarṅsā’ chāḍiyā para-vidhi ‘ninḍā’ kare ‘balistha’ iāniyā
SYNONYMS
tāra madhye —between the two;  pūrva-vidhi —the former rule;  prásamša —praising;  chāḍiyā —giving up;  para-vidhi —the other rule;  nindā —criticizing;  kare —does;  baliṣṭha jāniyā —knowing it to be more prominent.
TRANSLATION
“Of the two rules, Rāmacandra Purī obeys the first by abandoning praise, but although he knows that the second is more prominent, he neglects it by criticizing others.
PURPORT
The above-mentioned verse from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  gives two injunctions. The first, called  pūrva-vidhi , is that one should not praise, and the second,  para-vidhi , is that one should not criticize. As will be apparent from the following verse, the injunction against praise is less important than the injunction against blasphemy. One should carefully observe the  para-vidhi , although one may neglect the  pūrva-vidhi . Thus the actual injunction is that one may praise but should not criticize. This is called  śleṣokti , or a statement having two meanings. Rāmacandra Purī, however, acted in just the opposite way, for he neglected the  para-vidhi  but strictly observed the  pūrva-vidhi . Since he avoided following the principle of not criticizing, Rāmacandra Purī broke both the rules.
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পূর্বপররোগ্যঁধে‌‌‌‌‌যা পরবিধির্বলবান্‌
pürva-parayor madhye para-vidhir balavān
SYNONYMS
pūrva-parayoḥ —the former and the latter;  madhye —between;  para-vidhiḥ —the latter rule;  balavān —more prominent.