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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क्रमेणोदाहरणम्,
krameṇodāharaṇam,
The two varieties are shown in order:
janaḥ kṛṣṇa-pada-dhyāyī viṣayān nābhivāñchati |
mākanda-mukulāsvādī nimbakān nātti kokilaḥ ||
A person who has the habit of meditating on Kṛṣṇa’s feet does not crave sense gratification. A cuckoo, which habitually delights in mango sprouts, does not eat the fruit of a Neem tree.