Text 187] Rapa Gosvami’s Meeting with the Lord 105

moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when
the word natatdis linked with Krsna, this type of introduction is called udghatyaka.

Srila Ramananda Raya used highly technical terms when he discussed this with
Stila Ripa Gosvami. Ripa Gosvami admitted that Srila Rimananda Raya was a
greatly learned scholar of bona fide dramatic composition. Thus although Srila
Ripa Gosvami was quite fit to answer Srila Rimananda Raya’s questions, due to
his Vaisnava humility he admitted that his words were impudent. Actually both
Ripa Gosvami and Ramananda Raya were scholarly experts in composing poetry
and presenting it strictly according to the Sahitya-darpana and other Vedic
literatures.

TEXT 186

“ARIA VASA SHdiweey arate |
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padani tv agatarthani
tad-artha-gataye narah

yojayanti padair anyaih
sa udghatyaka ucyate

SYNONYMS

padani—words; tu—but; agata-arthani—having an unclear meaning; tat—that;
artha-gataye—to understand the meaning; narah—men; yojayanti—join;
padaih—with words; anyaih—other; sah—that; udghatyakah—udghatyaka;
ucyate—is called.

TRANSLATION

“‘To explain an unclear word, men generally join it with other words. Such
an attempt is called udghatyaka.’ ”’

PURPORT
This verse is quoted from the Sahitya-darpana (6.289).
TEXT 187

WA ATR, —“SE SiTst Va facaty” |
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raya kahe, — “kaha age angera visesa”’
sri-rapa kahena kichu sanksepa-uddesa
