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 7.141
(4) [This is an example of kaṣṭa-kalpanā anubhāva-vyakti (the manifestation of an anubhāva is understood with difficulty):]
sā dakṣiṇe maruti vāti samudyatīndau kṛṣṇaṃ vilokya racanām avaguṇṭhanasya |
drāghīyasīṃ vidadhatī bhuja-valli-mūla-vyaktāṃ payodhara-taṭīṃ punar āvavāra ||
When the moon was rising and the southern wind was blowing, Rādhā, seeing Kṛṣṇa, extended Her veil, thereby covering Her breasts even more, since their contour was visible at the base of Her creeper-like arms. (Alaṅkāra-kaustubha 10.133)
atra śṛṅgāra-rase nāyaka-niṣṭhaḥ kaścid anubhāvo nopātta iti tad-vyaktiḥ kaṣṭa-kalpanayā.
Here, in the context of śṛṅgāra-rasa, some particular anubhāva (effect) of the male lover is not obtained. The manifestation of it occurs by an assumption done with difficulty.
Commentary:
Kṛṣṇa’s anubhāva was that He was looking at Her body with sidelong glances. Glancing from the corners of the eyes is an anubhāva of śṛṅgāra-rasa (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 3.5.13).