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SETUBANDHA
7. On moonlit nights, the resonant outbursts of his laughter (while dancing), reverberating in the regions of the sky, reach the heavens, like ripples of moonbeams.9
8. The oceans are convulsed when he begins to dance,10 with the swirling waters struck by the fish, crazed with fear, and the submarine fire belching forth smoke, being submerged by the
waves.
9. Begun with fresh ardour, and amended when marred by flaws due to inattention, a poetical composition is delightful in the beginning, but hard to complete with success, even like friendship, which, too, begins when affection is fresh, and is restored when disrupted by faults and mistakes.
10. Is there a way in which poetical compositions do not delight the heart? Through them knowledge increases, fame is won, virtues are acquired, and the life-history of good men is known.
11. It is hard to combine new ideas with beauty of composition, just as it is hard to combine riches, acquired in one's youth, with decorous conduct, or to make the acquisition of wealth conform to one's desire.
12. Hearken to the story of the slaying of Ravana, which brought Sita's sufferings to an end, and declared Rama's love for her,12 and led to the release of the captive nymphs, and removed, as it were, a dart from the hearts of the people of the entire universe.
13, 14. When Royal Fortune accepted Sugrīva for her consort, after her proud and hostile heart, namely, Välin, had been pierced13 by Rama's arrow, Cupid's dart as it were;14 (at that time) Rāma
9. In Kavya poetry a laugh is always described as white.
10. ie., as a result of the earthquake caused by the movement of Siva's
feet.
11. Lit. a new range of meaning.
12.
Also: 'marked by the word anuraga' at the end of each Canto. 13. Lit. Royal Fortune who was pierced in her heart that was Välin. 14. i.e., when Sugriva was placed on the throne by Rama after killing Valin. The latter is fancied as the proud heart of the goddess of royal fortune, represented as a nayikā hostile to Sugrīva. Rama's arrow, fancied as Cupid's dart, pierces her heart, i.e., Välin, inclining her to accept her new lover,
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| SR No. | 001384 |
| Book Title | Setubandha |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Krishnakant Handiqui |
| Publisher | Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 812 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English & Literature |
| File Size | 14 MB |