'dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī' — ihāṅ 'dvitīyatva' vidheya
samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya

 dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī - the word dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī ('a second all-opulent goddess of fortune'); ihāṅ - this; dvitīyatva - the quality of being a second; vidheya - the unknown, which is to be explained; samāse - in the compound word; gauṇa - secondary; haila - became; śabda-artha - the word's intended meaning; gela - became; kṣaya - lost.


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“In the word ‘dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī’ [‘a second all-opulent goddess of fortune’], the quality of being a second Lakṣmī is the unknown. In making this compound word, the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.

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