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 10.185
उदाहरणम्,
सत�-सङ्गमेनै� भवेद� विरागो विरागत� स्यान् मनसो विशुद्धि� �
मन�-विशुद्ध्यै� हरेः प्रकाश� हरेः प्रकाशेन कृतार्थत� स्यात् �
ܻṇa,
sat-saṅgamenaiva bhaved virāgo virāgata� syān manaso viśuddhi� |
mano-viśuddhyaiva hare� prakāśo hare� prakāśena kṛtārthatā syāt ||
By only associating with ܲ, one develops dispassion. Owing to dispassion, the mind becomes purified. On account of purity of mind, Hari becomes manifest. And because of Hari’s manifestion, one achieves perfection. (ṅk-첹ܲٳܲ 8.238)
iha kathita-padatva� na doṣa�, vihitānuvādāt.
The fault called kathita-pada (repeated word) does not occur here because there is a reiteration of what was ordained (7.60; 7.76).