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 Rudrata, XII. 1.2, read as -
"nanu kāvyena kriyate sarasānām avagamaś caturvarge, laghu mțdu ca nīrasébhyaste hi trasyanti śāstrebhyah.” tasmāt tat kartavyam yatnena mahīyasā rasair yuktam, udvejanam eteșām śāstravad .
eva anyathā hi syāt.” (XII. 1, 2) Namisādhu observes (on Rudrata, XII. 2) (pp. 373, ibid) that rasas are not considered while dealing with the figures of sense, because poetry has word and sense for its body and vakrokti, vastava, etc. as literary embellishments, while rasas are like beauty, the natural quality (sahajah gunah), and therefore are excluded :
"atha alamkāra-madhya eva rasāḥ api kim nóktāḥ. ucyate-kāvyasya hi śabdárthau śarīram. tasya ca vakrókti-vāstavā"dayah kataka-kundalā”daya iva krtrimā alamkārāḥ. rasās tu saundaryā”daya iva sahajā guņāḥ iti bhinnas tat prakaraņā”rambhaḥ.
Thus, as noted earlier, rasas are treated by Rudrata with reference to (kāvyaphala) (i.e.) the object of poetry, as derived by connoesseurs. He then directly proceeds with the enumeration or rasas such as - śrógāra, vīra, karuna, bibhatsa, bhayānaka, adbhuta, hāsya, raudra, śānta, and preyas i.e. ten in all.' (XII. 3) He reads as -
"śộngāra-vīra-karunā bībhatsa bhayānakádbhutā hāsyaḥ, raudraḥ śāntah preyān iti
mantavyā rasāḥ sarve." The order of rasas has hardly any rhyme or rythm. We know that Bharata has given a particular order which is logically explained by Abhinavagupta. At XII. 4, Rudrata suggests that rasas are so termed because they are relished as such - "rasanad rasatvam etesām" :
"rasanād rasatvam etesām madhurā”dinām ivóktam ācāryaiḥ,