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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[This illustrates the second pratīpa. A well-known upamāna is imagined to be the upameya,]
विवेक-विधुरः प्रेयान् यत् तेनाप्य् उपमीयते |
कृशोदरि तवानेन मुखेन मृग-लाञ्छनः ||
viveka-vidhuraḥ preyān yat tenāpy upamīyate |
kṛśodari tavānena mukhena mṛga-lāñchanaḥ ||
Girl, your lover has no sound judgment since he is comparing the moon to your face.
Commentary:
Instead of directly making the upamāna look contemptible, Rudraṭa seemingly depreciates the upameya for that purpose:
vadanam idaṃ samam indoḥ sundaram api te kathaṃ ciraṃ na bhavet |
malinayati yat kapolau locana-salilaṃ hi kajjala-vat ||“Your face is beautiful too. Why would the moon not compare to it for a long time, since, mixed with eyeliner, the water from your eyes is staining your cheeks?” (Kāvyālaṅkāra 8.77)