CC Madhya 20.356

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 356

‘স্বরূপ’-লক্ষণ, আর ‘তটস্থ-লক্ষণ’ ।
এই দুই লক্ষণে ‘বস্তু’ জানে মুনিগণ ॥ ৩৫৬ ॥

‘svarūpa’-lakṣaṇa, āra ‘taṭastha-lakṣaṇa’
ei dui lakṣaṇe ‘vastu’ jāne muni-gaṇa

Word by word

svarūpa-lakṣaṇa — the personal characteristics; āra — and; taṭastha-lakṣaṇa — the marginal characteristics; ei dui lakṣaṇe — by these two symptoms; vastu — an object; jāne — know; muni-gaṇa — the great sages.

Translation

“By two symptoms — personal characteristics and marginal characteristics — the great sages can understand an object.”