Kavyanushasana Critical Study

SR No.: 001713
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 558
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Kavya
File Size: 10 MB

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Thus, if the body is to be, somehow, renounced, it is better that it is sacrificed for the good of others. If it is pointed out that persons like जीमूतवाहन ( in the play नागानन्द। have not renounced everything, then, we say, that makes no difference. For, in the case of Haaren, there is certainly the state of self-realization or knowledge of the truth. How, else, do you explain his self-sacrifice for the sake of others ?
In a war, a warrior (hero) does not discard his body, activated as he is by a desire to vanquish another warrior. In some cases, however, the desire for obtaining another, more auspicious body is predominant. So, whatever is done by the self-realized ones -- from acts of charity to laying down the body, if all this is done by the householders or ordinary men, it is also termed 79517. For the scriptures hold that a man who has acquired the knowledge of the truth is freed in all stages of life :
ज्ञानिनां सर्वेष्वाश्रमेषु मुक्तिः । And an ordinary pious man who is devout and selfless, and is intent on knowledge of the self, though he may be a householder, is freed:
देवार्चनरतस्तत्त्वज्ञाननिष्ठोऽतिथिप्रियः ।
श्राद्धं कृत्वा ददद् द्रव्यं गृहस्थोऽपि हि मुच्यते ॥ As for बोधिसत्त्वs and तत्त्वज्ञानिन्s, who lay down their bodies to serve the cause of th and with a view to do good to others, a body, appropriate to their good deeds, is, once again acquired by them.
This Trate is fully enjoyed, despite the fact that it is not a chief Rasa but is only an 375 of some other Rasa. Thus it is that I can assume a subservient role, though by nature it is a principal Rasa. In the play called Nāgānanda, though Trc is there, it is not the chief Rasa; for, in it, the achievement of त्रिवर्ग (धर्म, अर्थ and काम), with special emphasis
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