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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Text 4.47
आदि-शब्दान् मुनि-गुरु-नृप-पुत्रादि-विषया. यथा,[२३३]
ādi-śabdān muni-guru-nṛpa-putrādi-viṣayā. yathā,[1]
Because of the word ādi (etc.) (in devādi, 4.43), there is also affection for either a sage, a spiritual master, a king, a son, and so forth. For example:
jayati parāśara-sūnuḥ satyavatī-hṛdaya-nandano vyāsaḥ |
yasyāsya-kamala-galitaṃ vāṅ-mayam amṛtaṃ jagat pibati ||
Glory to Vyāsa, the son of Parāśara and the darling child of Satyavatī’s heart. The world savors the nectar words that trickled from his lotus mouth. (Hari-vaṃśa 1.1.3)
śrī-vyāso hi munir guruś ca vaiśampāyanasya. evam anyad ūhyam.
Śrī Vyāsa is both a sage and the spiritual master of Vaiśampāyana. The rest can be inferred in this way.
Commentary:
The verse features both muni-viṣaya-rati (affection for a sage) and guru-viṣaya-rati (affection for the guru), since the speaker is Vaiśampāyana. Moreover, the abovementioned putra-viṣayā rati (affection for a son) corresponds to vatsala-rati (parental affection).