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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सामान्य-लक्षणं तूक्तम्,
sāmānya-lakṣaṇaṃ tūktam,
This is the common characteristic of the sthāyi-bhāvas,
aviruddhān viruddhāṃś ca bhāvān yo vaśatāṃ nayan |
su-rājeva virājeta sa sthāyī bhāva ucyate ||
aviruddhān—which are not contrary; viruddhān ca—and which are contrary; bhāvān—the emotions (anubhāva, sāttvika, vyabhicārī); yaḥ—which [bhāva]; vaśatām nayan—while bringing to the state of being under control; su-rājā iva—like a well-respected king[1]; virājeta—can eminently abide; saḥ—that [bhāva]; sthāyī—that which habitually stays (sthāyin); bhāvaḥ—the emotion; ucyate—is called.
The bhāva which eminently abides like a well-respected king while bringing under control the bhāvas, whether they are contrary to it or not, is called the sthāyī. (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 2.5.1)