Sahrdayaloka Part 03

SR No.: 006910
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tapasvi Nandi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 676
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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SAHRDAYĀLOKA Karṇaḥ - Salyarāja, alam alam vārayitum. paśya -
“śikṣā kșayam gacchati kāla-paryayāt subaddha-mūlā nipatanti pādapāḥ, jalam jalāsthāna-gatam ca śușyati hutam ca dattam ca tathaiva tişthati.”
tasmād gļhyatām. (niskrtya dadāti) (karṇabhāra I. 22) Bhayānaka is illustrated in the following; Dámódaraḥ -
"etā matta-cakora-śāva-nayanāh prodbhinna-kamra-stanāḥ, kāntāḥ prasphuritā-dharosta-rucayaḥ visrasta-keśa-srajah, sambhrāntā galitóttarīya-vasanās trāsākula-vyāhịtāḥ, tusţā mām anuyānti pannagapatim drsțvaiva gopánganāḥ.” -
(Bālacarita, IV. 1) Bibhatsa is evoked in Urubhanga I. 11, as below:
"ghỉdhră madhūka-mūkulónnata-pingaláksā daityendra-kunjara-națánkuśa-tīksna-tundāḥ bhānty ambare vitata-lamba-vikīrṇa-paksā
māmsaiḥ pravāla-racitā iva tāla-vřkşāḥ." Thus, in the Trivendrum plays, we come across illustrations that might have been a source of inspiration to the theorists, of course, in case they are from Bhāsa's pen, a fact in which we have only that much faith as has my friend Dr. N. P. Unni.
In Kālidāsa also we have the same encouragement for the theorists to form their theory. Of course Kālidāsa himself seems to be in the know of the eight-fold rasas and their delineation through dramatic art as we will go to observe below. His reference to Bharata is whether to the present available N.S. of Bharata or some older work of an older Bharata; if kālidāsa is placed before christ, a theory we have greater faith in; is not very clear.
We come across the delineation of different bhāvas, anubhāvas, etc. that are associated in theory with particular rasas. We find them here also, in the same