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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शान्ते वक्तर्य् अश्लीलस्य।
यथा,
śānte vaktary aślīlasya.
yathā,
The fault called aślīla (unpleasant) does not occur when the speaker is in śānta-rasa. For instance:
ghana-rudhira-maye tvacā pinaddhe piśita-vimiśrita-visra-gandha-bhāji |
katham iha ramatāṃ budhaḥ śarīre bhagavati hanta rater lave’py udīrṇe ||
When even just a fraction of affection for the Lord has arisen in an intelligent person, how can that person possibly derive pleasure from a material body? It consists of viscous blood, is covered with skin, and has foul odor in the flesh. (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 4.7.8)
atra ghṛṇayā virāgodayād guṇatvam.
Here aślīla (unpleasant) is a quality because of the rise of dispassion by the force of disgust.