Text 60] Pastimes of Childhood and Youth 231

TEXT 58

RAR SS & FANT ATAS |
a gaat: fale, gafbe afafebfs 1 ev 4

anuvadam anuktvaiva na vidheyam udirayet
na hy alabdhdspadarh kificit kutracit pratitisthati

SYNONYMS

anuvadam—things already known; gnuktva—without mentioning; eva—certainly;
na—not; vidheyam—unknown subject matters; uafrayet—one should mention; na—
not; Ai-—certainly; alabdha-dspadam—without having achieved a proper place;
kincit—something; kutracit—any where; pratitisthati—has a position.

TRANSLATION

“Without first mentioning what is known, one should not introduce the un-
known, for that which has no solid basis can never be established anywhere.

TEXT 59

‘festa Goreay Bai ‘festay’ facwa |
waren colle Cam, seated cate WH Ned |

‘dvitiya sri-laksmi’—ihan ‘dvitiyatva’ vidheya
Samase gauna haila, sabdartha gela ksaya

SYNONYMS

dvitiya—a second; Sri-lakgmni—the all-opulent goddess of fortune; /AGA—this word;
avitiyatva—the quality of being a second; vidheya—the unknown, which is to be
explained; sarmmdse—in the compound word; gaur:a—secondary; haila—became; sabda-
artha—the word’s intended meaning; gefa—became; ksaya—lost.

TRANSLATION

“tn the word dvitiya-srilaksmir [the second all-opulent goddess of fortune], the
quality of being a second Laksmi is the unknown. In making this compound word,
the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.

TEXT 60

‘fesiv te faces, Stel fem aatcH |
‘orettia waey’ wel wiz Faartet bye 9
