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 10.263
द्वन्द्वं द्वन्द्वं वादयद्-दुन्दुभीणां
नन्दद्-वृन्दं व्योम्नि वृन्दारकाणाम् ।
हर्षोत्कर्षाद् इन्दु-कुन्द-द्युतीनां
सान्द्रानन्दं नन्द-सूनुं ववन्दे ॥
dvandvaṃ dvandvaṃ vādayad-dundubhīṇāṃ
nandad-vṛndaṃ vyomni vṛndārakāṇām |
harṣotkarṣād indu-kunda-dyutīnāṃ
sāndrānandaṃ nanda-sūnuṃ vavande ||
A joyful group of gods, whose radiance is like the radiance of the moon or of jasmine, assembled in the sky and resounded pairs of kettledrums. On account of an upsurge of joy, they extolled Nanda’s blissful son. (Alaṅkāra-kaustubha 8.319)
atra sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ śauklyam aprasiddham.
Here the fault is that it is not well known that the gods have a whitish complexion.
Commentary:
Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa and Kavikarṇapūra refer to the cheka anuprāsa of nd in “indu-kunda.” The compound indu-kunda-dyutīnām means “the gods, whose radiance is like the radiance of the moon or of jasmine.”