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madhura prasanna ihara kavya salankara

aiche kavitva vinu nahe rasera pracara

SYNONYMS

madhura—sweet; prasanna—pleasing; ihara—his; kavya—poetry; sa-alankara—with metaphors and other ornaments; aiche—such as that; kavitva—poetic qualifications; vinu—without; nahe—there is not; rasera—of mellows; pracara—preaching.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu praised the metaphors and other literary ornaments of Srila Rupa Gosvami’s transcendental poetry.

Without such poetic attributes, He said, there is no possibility of preaching transcendental mellows.