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 4.51
啶え啷嵿う-啶膏啶た啶む 啶啶班啷冟い啶�-啶膏た啶︵啶оぎ啷� 啶呧お啶� 啶掂啶啶︵じ啷嵿い啶� 啶膏啷嵿啷嬥お啶苦い啶多 啶� 啶膏す啶溹'啶た 啶︵啶多啶膏 啶むぐ啶權啶椸 |
啶о啶ぞ啶た啶む 啶︵啶掂た啶�-啶掂ぇ啷�-啶う啶ㄠぞ啶班啶むた-啶掂す啷嵿え啶距さ啷� 啶呧す啷嵿え啶距く 啶曕ぞ啶た 啶椸い啶苦ぐ啷� 啶呧啷嵿啷佮ぐ啶苦い啶距ぎ啷� 啶呧く啶距じ啷�啶む ||
manda-smita峁� 辫谤补办峁泃颈-siddham api vyudasta峁� sa峁単opita艣 ca sahajo'pi d峁浥沷s 迟补谤补峁単补岣� |
诲丑奴尘腻测颈迟别 dvija-惫补诲丑奴-madan腻谤迟颈-vahn膩v 补丑苍腻测补 k膩pi gatir 补峁卥耻谤颈迟腻尘 补测腻s墨t ||
manda-smitam鈥攎ild smile; 辫谤补办峁泃颈-siddham api鈥攖hough established in the nature; vyudastam鈥攚as cast away; 蝉补峁単辞辫颈迟补岣�鈥攚as concealed; ca鈥攁苍诲; 蝉补丑补箩补岣� api鈥攁濒迟丑辞耻驳丑 natural; 诲峁浥沷岣�鈥攐f both eyes; 迟补谤补峁単补岣�鈥攖丑别 wave; 诲丑奴尘腻测颈迟别鈥擺the fire] was acting like smoke (the fire was obvious); dvija-惫补诲丑奴鈥攐f the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉鈥� wives; madana-腻谤迟颈鈥攊n the form of the pain of Cupid; vahnau鈥攊n the fire; 补丑苍腻测补鈥�quickly; k膩 api鈥攕ome particular (some indescribable); 驳补迟颈岣�鈥攃ondition (state of mind); 补峁卥耻谤颈迟腻尘鈥攖丑别 state of being a sprout; 补测腻鈥攐ne that reaches; 腻蝉墨迟鈥攂别肠补尘别.
Although 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 ceased His mild smiling鈥�even though His smile is spontaneous鈥�and although He hid the natural waves of His eyes, some indescribable condition quickly sprouted in the fire of the torment of Cupid of the sacrificial 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉鈥� wives. That fire was acting like smoke. (尝补濒颈迟补-尘腻诲丑补惫补 9.37) (Bhakti-谤补蝉腻尘峁泃补-sindhu 4.9.14)
atra dvija-str墨峁嚹乵 eva ratir na tu k峁涐梗峁嘺sya. vaidagdhyojjvalya-tauly膩bh膩vo vi产丑腻惫补-vair奴pyam. tac ca lat膩-pa艣u-vi峁mavaya岣�-kul膩di峁 bodhyam. sam补测腻tikrama-gr膩mya-dh膩r峁ａ弓y膩dy 补苍耻产丑腻惫补-vair奴pyam. 产丑腻惫腻产丑腻蝉补s tu 艣atru-k峁泃膩 艣atru-stutir 惫腻谤腻峁単补苍腻诲颈-濒补箩箩腻-bhukt膩[1] str墨-rati艣 ceti. lak峁膩峁噛 奴hy膩ni.
In this verse, only the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉鈥� wives have rati. 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 does not have that kind of affection for them. The absence of wittiness, resplendent beauty, and similitude is a distortion of the 惫颈产丑腻惫补蝉 (a dissimilarity between the qualities of the 惫颈峁测补 and the qualities of the 腻艣谤补测补). That too should be understood as regards creepers, animals, a difference in age, a difference in group, and so forth. A distortion of 补苍耻产丑腻惫补 consists in transgressing etiquette, being vulgar, being overly audacious, and so on.
叠丑腻惫腻产丑腻蝉补 (semblance of a 产丑腻惫补) is the fact of praising the enemy, and a woman鈥檚 affection which is devoid of the bashfulness of a beautiful young woman. The secondary characteristics can be inferred.
Commentary:
The above verse is an example of one-sided affection. 搁奴辫补 骋辞蝉惫腻尘墨 shows the verse as an instance of a semblance of a sth膩yi-产丑腻惫补. 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 had no rati for the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉鈥� wives mostly because the latter are in the category of guru-辫补迟苍墨 (the wife of a superior),[2] not to mention that they were much older and they belonged to a different caste.
The notion that praising the enemy is 产丑腻惫腻产丑腻蝉补 is sourced in Govinda 峁琱补办办耻谤补鈥檚 commentary on Mamma峁璦鈥檚 explanation of his own verse (碍腻惫测补-辫谤补办腻艣补, verse 119).[3] Baladeva Vidy膩bh奴峁峁嘺鈥檚 corresponding example is in text 5.8.
Usually the category called 产丑腻惫腻产丑腻蝉补 denotes a sth膩yi-产丑腻惫腻产丑腻蝉补 (a semblance of a sth膩yi-产丑腻惫补). However, a semblance of a 惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤颈-产丑腻惫补 is possible. Any 惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤颈-产丑腻惫补 attributed to a creeper or to an animal is a semblance (Bhakti-谤补蝉腻尘峁泃补-sindhu 2.4.228).
Footnotes and references:
[2]:
痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 颁补办谤补惫补谤迟墨 writes: 惫补颈诲补驳诲丑测腻诲颈-viraha ity upalak峁峁嘺峁�, gurutv膩dayo鈥檖i 驳谤腻丑测腻岣�. tena 测补箩帽补-patny-膩di峁 vair奴pya峁� siddham (Bhakti-蝉腻谤补-辫谤补诲补谤艣颈苍墨 4.9.18).