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...
Text 10.226
[This illustrates the second 辫谤补迟墨辫补. A well-known 耻辫补尘腻苍补 is imagined to be the upameya,]
啶掂た啶掂啶�-啶掂た啶о啶班 啶啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶い啷� 啶む啶ㄠぞ啶啶 啶夃お啶啶い啷� |
啶曕啶多啶︵ぐ啶� 啶むさ啶距え啷囙え 啶啶栢啶� 啶啶�-啶侧ぞ啶炧啶涏え啶� ||
viveka-vidhura岣� prey膩n yat ten膩py upam墨yate |
k峁浥沷dari tav膩nena mukhena m峁沢a-l膩帽chana岣� ||
Girl, your lover has no sound judgment since he is comparing the moon to your face.
Commentary:
Instead of directly making the 耻辫补尘腻苍补 look contemptible, Rudra峁璦 seemingly depreciates the upameya for that purpose:
vadanam ida峁� samam indo岣� sundaram api te katha峁� cira峁� na bhavet |
malinayati yat kapolau locana-salila峁� hi kajjala-vat ||鈥淵our face is beautiful too. Why would the moon not compare to it for a long time, since, mixed with eyeliner, the water from your eyes is staining your cheeks?鈥� (碍腻惫测腻濒补峁卥腻谤补 8.77)