Essay name: Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
Author:
Shri N. M. Kansara
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This is an English study of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala, a Sanskrit poem written in the 11th century. Technically, the Tilaka-manjari is classified as a Gadyakavya (鈥減rose-romance鈥�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
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He sits on a slab. His wet body has to be dried by the midday
breeze. His throat and mouth are drying up. He is overpowe-
red by a sense of wonder at the strange sequence of events
that have suddenly cut him off from his kith and kin. The
poet depicts his reflections in the following words :
492 啶呧す啷� 啶掂た啶班じ啶むぞ 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啷囙, 啶呧す啷� 啶掂た啶氞た啶む啶班い啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿ぎ啶ぐ啶苦ぃ啶む啶ㄠぞ啶�, 啶呧す啷�
啶う啷冟啷嵿啶距啶距ぐ啶苦い啶距く啶距ぎ啶た啶ㄠた啶掂啶多 啶掂た啶о啶�, 啶呧す啷� 啶啶椸啶� 啶膏啶掂き啶距さ啶むぞ 啶掂た啶さ啶距え啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧ぅ啷堗さ 啶むぞ啶︵啶多た 啶む啶｀啶曕啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶苦う啶多お啶むた啶た啶距え啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ啷嵿く啶膏啶う啶� 啶ㄠた啶溹 啶膏う啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠた 啶膏啶灌啶む啶膏ぎ啷囙い啷�
啶掂啶｀ぞ啶掂ぞ啶︵え啶距う啶苦啶ㄠた啶むぎ啶距え啶ㄠ啶︵ぎ啶ㄠ啶さ啶ㄠ啶ㄠさ啶膏啶ムた啶む啶洁す啶啷堗さ 啶︵啶椸啶椸啶苦ぐ啶苦啶距え啷嵿い啶距ぐ啶ぇ啷嵿く啶�-
啶班啶む 啶ぐ啶苦さ啷冟い啷� 啶掂え啶多啶掂ぞ啶う啶多い啷囙ぐ 啶ㄠ啶さ啷囙う啷� 啶多た啶曕お啶ムた啶曕じ啶距ぎ啶距え啷嵿く啶さ啶膏啶ムぞ 啶掂た啶多啶粪ぎ, 啷�
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷嵿さ 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶ぎ啷囙さ啶傕お啷嵿ぐ啶曕ぞ啶班 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班 啷�
[aho virasat膩 sa峁僺膩rasthite岣�, aho vicitrat膩 karmmapari峁嘺t墨n膩ma, aho
yad峁沜ch膩k膩rit膩y膩mabhinive艣o vidhai岣�, aho bha峁僩ura svabh膩vat膩 vibhav膩n膩m |
athaiva t膩d峁浥沬 t峁涐箛墨k峁泃atrida艣apatimi啶緉asaundaryasa峁僷adi nije sadmani suh峁泃sameto
v墨峁嚹乿膩dan膩dijanitam膩nandamanubhavannavasthito'hamacaiva duggagirik膩nt膩ramadhyava-
rt墨 pariv峁泃o vana艣v膩pada艣atera nyavede 艣ikapathikas膩m膩nyamavasth膩 vi艣e峁ma, |
sarvva sv膩yameva峁僷rak膩ra岣� sa峁僺膩ra岣� |
] p
This sentiment is again brought in when, on another
occasion, Harivahana consoles Malayasundari as she comple-
tes the narration of the tragic events of her life. Hariv膩-
hana himself is overcome with a sense of dejection and re-
flects about the inevitability of the consequences of past
493 misdeeds, thus:
啶呧す啷� 啶ㄠた啶班さ啶оた啶啶班啶距ぐ啷嬥 啶掂た啶оた啶� 啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶む啶啷嬥啶班 啶啶班ぞ啶曕啶む啶班啶啶ぃ啶距ぎ啷�, [aho niravadhiprac膩ro峁� vidhi岣� | n膩styagocara岣� pur膩k峁泃akarmma峁嚹乵, ] T
啶呧ざ啶曕啶お啷嵿ぐ啶む啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ 啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶むざ啶曕啶むた啶� 啷� 啶呧さ啷嵿く啶距す啶むぞ 啶椸い啶苦 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷嵿さ啶む啶� 啶さ啶苦い啶掂啶い啶距く啶距 啷�
[a艣akyaprat墨k膩r膩 k峁泃膩nta艣akti岣� | avy膩hat膩 gati岣� sarvvatra bhavitavyat膩y膩岣� |
] He then proceeds to console Malayasundari with the following
494 words:
啶ぞ 啶掂た啶粪啶� 啷� 啶ぞ 啶栢啶︵ぎ啷佮う啶� 啷� 啶ぞ 啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啶距啷嵿ぐ啷嬥ざ 啷� 啶ぞ 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶︵啶灌た 啶︵啶粪ぎ啷� 啷�
[m膩 vi峁Ｄ玠a | m膩 khedamudaha | m膩 k峁泃膩ntam膩kro艣a | m膩 karmma峁嚹佱箖 dehi do峁m |
] 492. TM(N),p.244.
493. ibid., pp.345-346.
494. ibid., p.346(7ff.).
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