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‘gaṅgāra mahattva’ — śloke mūla ‘vidheya’
idaṁ śabde ‘anuvāda’ — pāche avidheya

gaṅgāra mahattva — glorification of mother Ganges; śloke — in the verse; mūla — chief; vidheya — unknown; idam śabde — by the word idam (“this”); anuvāda — the known; pāche — at the end; avidheya — improper.

“The glorification of the Ganges [mahattvaṁ gaṅgāyāḥ] is the principal unknown subject matter in this verse, and the known subject matter is indicated by the word ‘idam,’ which has been placed after the unknown.

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