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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भयानकः,
Բ첹�,
This verse exemplifies Բ첹- (fear):
岹ṃṣṭr-ṭi-첹ṻǰ-ūṭa-첹ṭu ṇḍ-ṇḍ-sthita� sarva� carvayasīva hanta vadanenodgīrṇa-pūrṇārciṣ� |
ᾱgreṇa samagram ugra- lelihyase ǻ岹ī trasta� 峾 iha pāhi pāhi bhagavan pārtho’py apārtho’bhavam ||
岹ṃṣṭr-ṭi‰ڳٳ mouth,] in which there are millions of fangs; 첹ṻǰ-ūṭa—[fangs,] which are hard summits; 첹ṭu—[by the mouth,] which is acrid; ṇḍ—of the universe; ṇḍ—within the casing; sthitam—ldzٱ; sarvam carvayasi iva—You as if cause everything to be chewed; hanta—a; vadanena—by means of the mouth; ܻ岵īṇa-ūṇa-ṣ�‰ڳٳ mouth,] from which whole flames are ejected; ᾱ-ṇa—with the tip of the tongues; samagram—the entirety; ugra-‰ڳٳ tip,] whose power is impetuous; lelihyase—You are repeatedly licking; ǻ岹ī�Heaven and Earth; trastam—who am afraid; 峾—m; iha—at this time; pāhi pāhi—protect, protect; bhagavan—O Lord; ٳ��ٳ (“the son of ṛt�); api—aٳdzܲ; aٳ�—u; abhavam—I have become.
Alas, with Your acrid mouths, whose millions of fangs are hard summits, and from which whole flames shoot forth, You are as if making everything within the universal shell predigested. With the tips of Your tongues, whose power is impetuous, You are repeatedly licking Heaven and Earth in their entirety. O Lord, protect me. Save me. I am terrified. Though I am ٳ, I have become ٳ (useless). (ṅk-첹ܲٳܲ 5.21)