Text 80] Pastimes of Childhood and Youth 239

TEXT 78
‘aealfiaa adtaeta — Bae sre |
wily wdingta ace, aa—‘facaterety’ avn

‘aksmir iva‘ arthdlaikara—upama-prakasa
Gra arthdélankara ache, ndma— ‘virodhabhdasa’

SYNONYMS

laksmir iva--like Laksmt; artha-aiankdra—ornamental use of the meaning; upamda—
analogy ; prakdsa—manifestation; dra—also; artha-cfarkara—ornamental use of mean-
ing; @che—there is; ndma—which is named; virodhadbhasa—possibility of contra-
diction.

TRANSLATION

“The use of laksmir iva [like Laksmi] manifests the ornament of meaning called
upama [analogy]. There is also the further ornament of meaning called virodha-
abhasa, or a contradictory indication.

TEXT 79
‘NHITS SA HCN — AAA QCATe |
SICH OHA SY — Base facate i dat

‘gangate kamaia janme’——sabéra subodha
‘kamaile gafigdra janma’——atyanta virodha

SYNONYMS

gangate—in the River Ganges; Ramafa—lotus flower; janme—grows; sabéra—of
everyone; subodha—understanding; Ramafe—in the lotus flower; gafiggra—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

Sd) fapoieotcn storia Serie’ |
facarerreta Bel Te-bRe SiS Wee I

‘ihdh vispu-pdda-padme gangara utpatti’
virodhalankara ihd mahda-camatkrti
