250 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

TRANSLATION

“In this way, one can repeat the word atmaramah with ca for each of the
fifty-eight meanings. By following the rule previously stated and rejecting all
but the last, we retain that which represents all the meanings.

TEXT 297

AIItatcAse«13 4a fIsre),
Vettarracart SS o 299d

sarpanam eka-sesa eka-vibhaktau,
uktarthanam aprayoga iti

SYNONYMS

sa-rapanam—of words of the same form; eka-sesah—only the last; eka-
vibhaktau—in the same case; ukta-arthanam—of the previously spoken mean-
ings; aprayogah—nonapplication; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

‘Of words having the same form and case termination, the last one is the
only one retained.’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from Panini's sutras (1.2.64).

TEXT 298

Bisa b-FICAA HA CHA SF |
OF AVANIAACH SBA Sef FU govt

atanna ca-kdrera saba lopa haya
eka atmarama-sabde atanna artha kaya

SYNONYMS

atanna—fifty-eight; ca-kdrera—of the additions of the word ca; saba lopa
haya—all of them are rejected; eka—one; atmarama—dadtmaradma; sabde —by the
word; atanna artha kaya—fifty-eight imports are automatically derived.

TRANSLATION

“(When all the ca-kara, or additions to the word ca, are taken away, fifty-
eight different meanings can still be understood by the one word atmarama.
