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 4.22
यथा वा,
yathā vā,
This is another instance of pravāsa vipralambha where the hero is not very far away:
madhurayā girā valgu-vākyayā budha-manojñayā puṣkarekṣaṇa |
vidhi-karīr imā vīra muhyatīr adhara-sīdhunāpyāyayasva naḥ ||
O You of lotus-eyes, we, Your maidservants, are bewitched by Your sweet talk. Your lovely words are charming even to scholars. O hero, kindly revive us with the nectar of Your lips. (Bhāgavatam 10.31.8)
Commentary:
There is no anubhāva in the verse yet vipralambha reaches the state of rasa: Aside from uddīpanas, the prominent element in the expression of vipralambha is the mix of the vyabhicāri-bhāvas called moha (bewilderment), viṣāda (despair), jāḍya (indolence) and utkaṇṭhā (longing before meeting).[1] The adjective vidhi-karīḥ (maidservants) denotes the vyabhicāri-bhāva called dainya (meekness).