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,
Examples are shown in order.
tvad-aṅghri-mūlaṃ bhajatāṃ mukunda lābho’stu dūre vapuṣo nijasya |
cirantanasyāpi bhaved vināśaḥ svabhāva evaiṣa tava prasiddhaḥ ||
tvat-aṅghri—of Your feet; mūlam—the soles; bhajatām—for those who serve; mukunda—O Mukunda; lābhaḥ—gain; astu—may it be; dūre—far; vapuṣaḥ—of the body; nijasya—own; ciraṃtanasya—of the subtle one (“which has existed from time immemorial”); api—even; bhavet—can occur; vināśaḥ—destruction; svabhāvaḥ—nature; eva—only; eṣaḥ—this; tava—Your; prasiddhaḥ—well-known.
O Mukunda, let those who serve Your feet never become rich so that their subtle bodies may come to an end. This nature of Yours is well known. (Alaṅkāra-kaustubha 8.184)
atra nindayā stutiḥ.
Here praise is implied by the expressed faultfinding.