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# Mandaramaranda 17.7

Mandāramaranda 17.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.17.7)

iti śrutyā gurulaghumātraikadvitayena vā  
nyūnena vādhikenāpi teṣāṃ chando na bhajyate  
alaṃkārimate tena chandobhaṅgo bhaveddhruvam  
rasāpakarṣahetutvaṃ doṣatvaṃ parikīrtitam  
sa doṣaḥ śabdagatvenārthagatvena ca dvidhā  
śabdadoṣo dvidhā proktaḥ padavākyavibhedataḥ  
tatra śrutikaṭubhraṣṭasaṃskāraṃ cāprayuktakam  
asamarthaṃ ca nihatānucitārthe nirarthakam  
avācakaṃ tathāślīlaṃ saṃdigdhaṃ cāpratītakam  
grāmyagūḍhārthaneyārthānyatha kliṣṭāmayojake  
avimṛṣṭavidheyāṃśaṃ viruddhamatikṛttathā  
evaṃ ca padadoṣāḥ syurbudhairaṣṭādaśoditāḥ  
tatra śrutikaṭu jñeyaṃ mādhuryāvyañjakaṃ padam  
na te tvaddayite kiṃ vā naiṣṭhuryamavalambase  
yadvyākaraṇaduṣṭaṃ tadbhraṣṭasaṃskāramucyate  
rathyayā saṃcarantaṃ tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā viramate vadhūḥ

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Mandāramarandacampū](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.mandaramarandacampu.10.255_89) — Kṛṣṇanātha 1600, Sanskrit
- [Mandāramarda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramarda.17.7) — Kṛṣṇamiśra, Sanskrit
- [Mandāramaganda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.mandaramaganda.16.7) — Kṛṣṇamiśra, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.17.7) · Pramāṇa
