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 4.16
सङ्गमात् पूर्वं दर्शनादि-जा रतिः पूर्�-रागः. यथ�,
saṅgamāt ū� darśanādi-jā rati� ū-岵�. yathā,
ū-岵 is rati which arises from seeing the beloved, hearing about him, and so on, and which existed prior to meeting the beloved for the first time. This verse is an example of ū-岵 that originates from seeing:
indīvarodara-sahodara-medura-śrīr vāso dravat-kanaka-ṛn岹-nibha� dadhāna� |
峾ܰٲ-mauktika-manohara-hāra-ṣāḥ ko’ya� yuvā jagad Բṅg-maya� karoti ||
indivara—o a blue lotus; udara—the interior; sahodara—l; medura—is glossy; śī�—whose beauty; �—a garment; dravat—mDZٱ; kanaka—o gold; ṛn岹—an abundance; nibham—[a garment,] which resembles; 岹Բ�—wԲ; 峾ܰٲ—is strung; mauktika—o pearls; manohara—cԲ; hara—a necklace; ṣāḥ—He on whose chest; 첹�—w?; ayam—is this; yuvaЯdzܳٳ; jagat—the world; Բṅg—with Cupid; mayam—iܱ; karoti—m.
His lustrous beauty resembles the interior of a blue lotus. He wears garments that look like a mass of molten gold. And a charming pearl necklace is on His chest. Who is this youth that makes the universe filled with amorous desire? (ʲ屹ī 160) (ᱹ-īṇi 15.7)