Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...
Text 10.42
[This illustrates ԾśԳٲ sandeha (a doubt at first, but certainty in the end):]
स्मर-जय-लिपि-युक्ता हाटकी पट्टिकेय� किमु विधृ�-मनोभ�-शस्त्रिक� स्वर्ण-पीठम� |
मद�-भुजग-पाशाधा�-तूणं नु हैमं नह� लसति विराजद�-वेणि राधा-सुपृष्ठम� ||
smara-jaya-lipi-ܰ ṭaī paṭṭikeya� kimu ṛt-ԴDzū-śastrika� ṇa-īṻ |
madana-bhujaga-pāś-tūṇa� nu haima� nahi lasati virājad-ṇi -ܱṛṣṻ ||
smara-jaya—of Cupid’s victory; lipi—with the inscription; ܰ—eԻǷɱ; ṭaī—gDZ; 貹ṭṭ—t; iyam—t; kim u—wٳ; ṛt—are held; ԴDzū—of Cupid; śٰ첹—in which the weapons; ṇa—gDZ; īṻ—the seat (the foundational place); madana—of Cupid; Ჹ-ś—of the snake rope; —which is the receptacle; ūṇa—a quiver; nu—wٳ; haimam—gDZ; nahi£; lasatiԻԳ; Ჹ—is being resplendent; ṇi—on which a braid; —of ; ܱṛṣṻ—the superb back.
Is this a golden slab with a commemorative inscription of Cupid’s triumph? Could it be a golden armory where Cupid’s weapons are kept? Or is it Cupid’s golden quiver that serves as a receptacle for a noose weapon in the form of a snake? No, it is ’s beautiful back which is resplendent with a splendid braid on it! (Govinda-ī峾ṛt 11.72)
atrādau saṃśayo’nte tu niścaya�.
There is a doubt at first, but there is certainty in the end.