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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
You may respect Sanskrit but you will fall in love with Prakrit.
- Karpūramasjari 1.7 Sanskrit speech is praiseworthy whereas Prakrit speech is naturally sweet..."'18
- Balaramayana I.11 It (i.e. Prakrit) is the source of Sanskrit; it dances on the tongues of ladies of lovely eyes;.when one hears it the words of Sanskrit language grate upon one's ears; its prose is easy, does not contain hard letters and has very few compounds; and it is the abode of the god of love...".19
– Bălarāmāyaṇa 1.11 (c) A commentator of Prakrit-Prakāśa
0, how marvellous ! The Prakrit, which is lovely like the moonlike face of the beloved, is fascinating. It sparkles with sūktis (good sayings) imbued with nectar-like
rasas.20
(d) Ajñātakaviḥ Away with Sanskrit poetry and the poets who composed it. For Sanskrit, when read, sounds like tad-tad-tatta' like a house of bamboos on fire.21
18) गिरः श्रव्या दिव्या: प्रकृतिमधुरा: प्राकृतगिरः । 19) यद् योनिः किल संस्कृतस्य सुदृशां, जिह्वासु यन्मोदते
यत्र श्रोत्रपथावतारिणि कटुर्भाषाक्षराणां रस: । गद्यं चूर्णपदं पदं रतिपतेस्तत्प्राकृतं यद्वच -
स्ताँल्लाटौँ ललिताङ्गि पश्य नुदती दृष्टेनिमेषव्रतम् ।। 20) अहो तत्प्राकृतं हारि प्रियावक्त्रेन्दुसुन्दरम् ।
सूक्तयो यत्र राजन्ते सुधानि:ष्यन्दनिर्भरा: ।। 21) उज्झउ सक्कयकव्वं सक्कयकव्वं च निम्मियं जेण ।
वंसहरं व पलित्तं, तडयडतट्टत्तणं कुणइ ।। [उज्झ्यतां संस्कृतकाव्यं संस्कृतकाव्यं च निर्मितं येन ।
वंशगृहमिव प्रदीप्तं तडतडतट्टत्वं करोति ।। Note : Vajjālaggam (v. no. 31 x 3, p. 217) reads dajjhau (Sk dahyatām) for 'ujjhau'
and 'vamsaharammi palitte' (Sk vamsagrhe pradipte) in the second half.
