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 8.26
उदाहरणम्,
udāharaṇam,
This is an example of prasāda-guṇa (clarity, satisfaction):
kope yathātilalitaṃ na tathā prasāde vaktraṃ vidhe satatam ātanu mānam asyāḥ |
ity ākalayya dayitasya vaco-vibhaṅgīṃ rādhā vivartita-vinamra-mukhī babhūva ||
kope—when there is anger; yathā—as; atilalitam—very charming; na tathā—not like that; prasāde—when there is serene (in good spirits); vaktram—visage (face); vidhe—O creator; satatam—continuously; ātanu—you should expand; mānam—pique; asyāḥ—Her; iti—(end of citation); ākalayya—after noticing (hearing); dayitasya—of the male beloved; vacaḥ—of speech; vibhaṅgīm—the crookedness; rādhā—Rādhā; vivartita—has turned around; vinamra—and is bowed; mukhī—one whose face; babhūva—became.
“Her visage is not as dazzling when She is in good spirits as when She is in a huff. O creator, you should always increase Her pique!” Hearing this cunning remark of Her beloved, Rādhā turned around and lowered Her face. (Alaṅkāra-kaustubha 6.32)