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 10.46
यथा,
yathā,
lakṣmī-dṛg-indindira-pītam aṅguli-cchadollasat sundaratā-madhu-plutam |
pādāravindaṃ nakharāṃśu-kesaraṃ smarāmy ahaṃ kaṃsa-rahasya sarvadā ||
lakṣmī-dṛk—of Lakṣmī’s eyes; indindira—by the bees; pītam—drunk; aṅguli—[in the form] of toes; chada—with petals (“coverings”); ullasat—being resplendent; sundaratā—of beauty; madhu—with the nectar; plutam—filled; pāda—[in the form of feet]; aravindam—the lotus (lotuses); nakhara—from the nails; aṃśu—are the rays; kesaram—whose filaments; smarāmi—remember; aham—I; kaṃsa-rahasya—of Viṣṇu (“He abandoned Kaṃsa”); sarvadā—always.
I always remember the lotuses of Viṣṇu’s feet. They are savored by the bees of Lakṣmī’s eyes; they are resplendent with the petals of toes; they are replete with the nectar of beauty; and its filaments are the rays from the nails.