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...
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विजयिनम् अजितं विलोक्य रङ्ग-स्थल-भुवि सम्भृत-सांयुगीन-लीलम् |
पशुप-सवयसां वपूंषि भेजुः पुलक-कुलं द्विषतां तु कालिमानम् ||
vijayinam ajitaṃ vilokya raṅga-sthala-bhuvi sambhṛta-sāṃyugīna-līlam |
paśupa-savayasāṃ vapūṃṣi bhejuḥ pulaka-kulaṃ dviṣatāṃ tu kālimānam ||
vijayinam—Him, the victor (“He has the habit of winning”); ajitam—Ajita (“undefeated”); vilokya—upon seeing; raṅga-sthala—which is the fighting grounds; bhuvi—on the place; sambhṛta—was fully held; sāṃyugīna—of expertise in battle; līlam—Him, by whom the pastime; paśupa-savayasām—of the cowherd boys; vapūṃṣi—the bodies; bhejuḥ—had; pulaka—of horripilation; kulam—a multitude; dviṣatām—of the enemies; tu—but; kālimānam—blackness.
Ajita held His pastime of showing expertise in a fight. Upon seeing Him victorious in the battle arena, the bodies of His cowherd companions burst in horripilation, but those of the enemies turned black (the enemies became afraid[1] ). (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 4.8.73)
atra kṛṣṇa-pakṣīyeṣu vīras tad-vairiṣu bhayānakaḥ.
In this verse, vīra-rasa is in the persons on Kṛṣṇa’s side, whereas bhayānaka-rasa is in His enemies.