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 7.97
यथा वा,
yathā vā,
This is another example of anavī-kṛta (not made new):
sadā carati khe bhānuḥ sadā vahati mārutaḥ |
sadā dhatte bhuvaṃ śeṣaḥ sadā dhīro’vikatthanaḥ ||
The sun always goes in the sky, the wind always blows, Śeṣa always supports the Earth, and a learned person is always devoid of bragging. (Sāhitya-darpaṇa 7.12)
atra sadety anavī-kṛtaḥ. “bhānuḥ sakṛd-yukta-turaṅga eva rātriṃ-divaṃ gandhavahaḥ prayāti, bibharti śeṣaḥ satataṃ dharitrīṃ ṣaṣṭhāṃśa-vṛtter api dharma eṣaḥ.” atra tu navī-kṛtaḥ.
Here sadā (always) is a meaning that was not made new. It is made fresh as follows:
The sun’s horses are yoked once for all time, the wind blows day and night, Śeṣa continuously supports the Earth, and this is the duty of the king, who subsists on one sixth of the citizens’ revenue. (Abhijñāna-śākuntalam) (Sāhitya-darpaṇa 7.12)