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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...

माला-रूपा यथ�,

-rūpā yathā,

This illustrates a serial Ծ岹ś,

sa پīṣaپ pāthodhi� pāṇinendu� ᾱṛkṣaپ |
pidhitsati ravi� yas te kṛṣṇeyattā� īṣaپ ||

—h; پīṣaپ—he desires to cross; ٳ-󾱳—the ocean; ṇi—with the hand; indum—the moon; ᾱṛkṣaپ—he desires to take; pidhitsati—he desires to cover; ravim—the sun; ⲹ�—w; te—Ydzܰ; ṛṣṇa—O Kṛṣṇa; ⲹ-峾—the state of being this much; īṣaپ—he desires to do.

O Kṛṣṇa, whoever wants to be like You desires to cross the ocean, take the moon with the hand, and cover up the sun.

Commentary:

Mammaṭa exemplifies -Ծ岹ś,

dorbhyā� پīṣaپ taraṅgavatī-bhujaṅgam ādātum icchati kare hariṇāṅka-bimbam |
meru� lilaṅghayiṣati dhruvam eṣa deva yas te guṇān gaditum udyamam ādadhāti ||

“O Lord, a person who attempts to endeavor to describe your qualities desires to cross the ocean with his arms, to take the moon with the hand, and to jump over mount Meru� (屹ⲹ-ś verse 437).

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