Yasastilaka and Indian Culture

SR No.: 001609
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishnakant Handiqui
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 566
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, Literature, & Culture
File Size: 16 MB

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7. YAŠASTILAKA AS AN ANTHOLOGY OF SANSKRIT VERSE
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तावद्रवो गण्यास्तावत् स्वाध्यायधीरतं चेतः । यावन्न मनसि वनितादृष्टिविषं विशति पुरुषाणाम् ॥ Teachers are obeyed, and the mind is prone to study, only so long as the poison of women's glances does not enter into the hearts of men (1. 76).
____ तावत् प्रवचनविषयस्तावत् परलोकचिन्तनोपायः । यावत्तरुणीविभ्रमहृतहृदयो न प्रजायेत ॥ The scriptures maintain their jurisdiction, and it is possible to ponder on the other world, only so long as a man's heart is not enthralled by a maiden's charms (1.7).
VIII. METRES No attempt is made here to analyse the metres used by Somadeva in his verses. He uses, as a rule, the ordinary metres employed in Kāvya poetry, and it will be sufficient to point out a few special features, the most notable of which is the adaptation of certain Präkrit metres to the require. ments of Sanskrit poetry.
Duvai or Dvipadi is a Prakrit metre, of which each foot consists of one gana of six mātrās, five ganas of four mātrās, and one long syllable at the end; the second and sixth ganas may be gurumadhya (~-~) or sarvalaghs (~~~~). The metre is frequently used in Apabhramsa poetry, and Somadeva employs it in several verses of Yasastilaka (1. 167, 169; 3. 9, 17, 18, 313, etc). For example,
पूर्व सरसकरजरेखाकृतिरधररुचिस्ततो रविस्त दनु च घुसणपिण्डखण्डद्युतिरबचयच्छविस्ततः । पुनरयमरुणरत्नमुकुरश्रीरुदयति रागनिर्भरैः कुर्वन् ककुभि ककुभि बन्धूकमयीमिव सृष्टिमंशुभिः ॥ 3. 17 शतमखधामहेमकुम्भातिरिन्द्रसमद्रविद्मस्तम्बस्तिमितकान्तिरहरुत्सवसमयसुवर्णदर्पणः। उदयति रविरुदारहरिरोहणरुचिरुचिरोस्करैः करैर्दिग्दयितामुखानि पिञ्जरयनरुणितजलधिमण्डलः ॥ 3. 18 सुरगिरिरमरसिन्धुरम्भोनिधिरवनिरनूरुसारथिः फणिपतिरमृतरोचिरमराश्च दिशो दश यावदम्बरम् । तावदशेषभुवनचिन्तामणिचरित परं महोत्सवैरुत्सवचरितचन्द्र जय जीव विराज चिराय नन्द च ॥ 1. 167 शतमख दहन काल गुह वरुण समीरण धनद चन्द्रमः प्रथितैकैककुम्भिविभवास्तदिभानवत प्रयत्नतः।
इत्युपदेष्टकाम इव हस्तमुदञ्चति वियति वारणो नो चेदिभविहीनरचना भवतां भविता फ्ताकिनी ॥ 3.313 It is certain that Somadeva is not the first writer to employ the Duvaī metre in Sanskrit verse. The following verse occurring in Dasabhakti, a collection of Jaina devotional compositions in Prākrit and Sanskrit, is, for instance, composed in the Duvai metre; and the Sanskrit Bhaktis, it should be noted, are attributed to Pujyapada.
जातिजरोरुरोगमरणातुरशोकसहस्रदीपिताः दुःसहनरकपतनसंखस्तधियः प्रतिबुद्धचेतसः ।
जीवितमम्बुविन्दुचपलं तडिदभ्रसमा विभूतयः सकलमिदं विचिन्त्य मुनयः प्रशमाय वनान्तमाश्रिताः॥ The Dripadi or Duvai, or Doai, as it is also called in the Prākrta Paingala, is, properly speaking, a metre with two pādas, and appears as such in 23 For Private & Personal Use Only