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 10.69
माला-रूपा यथा,
mālā-rūpā yathā,
This illustrates a serial nidarśanā,
sa titīrṣati pāthodhiṃ pāṇinenduṃ jighṛkṣati |
pidhitsati raviṃ yas te kṛṣṇeyattāṃ cikīrṣati ||
saḥ—he; titīrṣati—he desires to cross; pātho-dhim—the ocean; pāṇinā—with the hand; indum—the moon; jighṛkṣati—he desires to take; pidhitsati—he desires to cover; ravim—the sun; yaḥ—who; te—Your; kṛṣṇa—O Kṛṣṇa; iyat-tām—the state of being this much; cikīrṣati—he desires to do.
O Kṛṣṇa, whoever wants to be like You desires to cross the ocean, take the moon with the hand, and cover up the sun.
Commentary:
Mammaṭa exemplifies mālā-nidarśanā,
dorbhyāṃ titīrṣati taraṅgavatī-bhujaṅgam ādātum icchati kare hariṇāṅka-bimbam |
meruṃ lilaṅghayiṣati dhruvam eṣa deva yas te guṇān gaditum udyamam ādadhāti ||“O Lord, a person who attempts to endeavor to describe your qualities desires to cross the ocean with his arms, to take the moon with the hand, and to jump over mount Meru” (Kāvya-prakāśa verse 437).