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 10.124
वैधर्म्याद् यथा,
vaidharmyād yathā,
Here a generality is corroborated by a particular instance, by a contrast:
guṇānām eva daurātmyād dhuri dhuryo niyujyate |
asañjāta-kiṇa-skandhaḥ sukhaṃ svapiti gaur gaḍiḥ ||
guṇānām—of qualities; eva—only; daurātmyāṭ—on account of the bad nature; dhuri—to a burden (a hard task); dhuryaḥ—a leader; niyujyate—is appointed; asañjāta—has not occurred; kiṇa—a callosity (or a scar); skandhaḥ—[a bull,] on whose shoulder; sukham—happily; svapiti—sleeps; gauḥ—a bull; gaḍiḥ—a steer (a castrated bull).
It is on account of the dark side of good qualities that an excellent man is appointed to a hard task. A bull whose shoulder has no callosity is a steer that sleeps comfortably. (Kāvya-prakāśa verse 480)
atra parārdhena pūrvārdhaḥ samarthyate.
In this verse, the first half is corroborated by the second.