Chapter 8: Vasumativikramam (Vasumati-vikrama)

The sentiment: 453 453 The main sentiment of the play is Srigara. The
hero is king Vikrama and the heroine is Vasumati.
Their
falling in love with each other and their final union after
jumping over several hurdles form the main theme of the
drama. In the first act of the drama, love germinates in
the hearts of the hero and the heroine. The king sees
Vasumati in dream (svapnadarsanam) and enraptured by her
charm falls in love with her. In his dream, the king
addresses her in endearing terms. But unfortunately, these
words are heard by the queen who gets indignant and immediately
leaves the presence of her lord. Here we have Irshya type of
manaviprayoga. The queen is angry because she finds her lord
in love with another lady. Here the alambana vibhava is the
queen while her angry face forms the anubhava. The uddipana
vibhava is the words of the king indicating his love with
Vasumati. The vyabhicharibhava is the worry and sadness
caused in the mind of the king by the queen's anger. Side
by side with viprayoga srngara, we have Ayoga srngara also.
The king is lost in thoughts of Vasumati. Vatandhaya sees
him in a pensive mood with his face looking gloomy, body
appearing lean and emaciated, lips parched, hair disjuncted
and eyes filled with tears. Here we find the first stage
of Vipralambha Sringara namely Abhilasha. The alambana
vibhava is the king while the uddipena vibhava is Vasumati.
The anubhavas are the king's pensiveness, haggard look etc.
as described above.