Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada D膩sa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana鈥檚 Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata鈥檚 Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...
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Text 4.22
啶ぅ啶� 啶掂ぞ,
yath膩 v膩,
This is another instance of 辫谤补惫腻蝉补 vipralambha where the hero is not very far away:
madhuray膩 gir膩 valgu-v膩kyay膩 budha-manoj帽ay膩 pu峁arek峁峁嘺 |
vidhi-kar墨r im膩 v墨ra muhyat墨r adhara-s墨dhun膩py膩yayasva na岣� ||
O You of lotus-eyes, we, Your maidservants, are bewitched by Your sweet talk. Your lovely words are charming even to scholars. O hero, kindly revive us with the nectar of Your lips. (叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 10.31.8)
Commentary:
There is no 补苍耻产丑腻惫补 in the verse yet vipralambha reaches the state of rasa: Aside from 耻诲诲墨辫补苍补蝉, the prominent element in the expression of vipralambha is the mix of the 惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤颈-产丑腻惫补蝉 called moha (bewilderment), 惫颈峁Ｄ乨补 (despair), 箩腻岣峺补 (indolence) and 耻迟办补峁囜弓丑腻 (longing before meeting).[1] The adjective vidhi-办补谤墨岣� (maidservants) denotes the 惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤颈-产丑腻惫补 called dainya (meekness).