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Chapter III : VAKROKTI-JĪVITA
1. Her beauty is extraordinary (lit. altogether different); the splendour of her
complexion (lit. body) is extraordinary (lit. altogether different); the lovely maiden in the prime of her youth (śyāmā) is not at all the creation of an ordinary Creator.
2. Ever victorious is the poet's speech throbbing with inspiration ! Although every
day great poets have been drawing upon its essence from the beginning of creation (and will continue to do so until the end of this world) yet it seems as if its seal has remained unbroken, its wealth untouched.
3. For translation of this verse vide DHV S.No. (33.12) supra.
4. A great poet (lit. chief or lord of poets)/ an eminent poet, an expert jeweller
and an old (experienced gardener alone know the proper place for words, pearls and gems, and flowers.
(Verse 5 is treated in the Notes.). 6. For translation vide DHV S. No. (15.9) supra. 7. Lordly elephants with their hearts enchanted by the scent of ichor of the quarter
- elephants (mythical elephants which stand in the four or eight quarters of the sky and support the earth) walk about with great difficulty in the forest and poets on the path trodden by classical poets (or great poets like Vyāsa and Vālmīki) which is difficult on account of their striking (or ornate) turns of expression.
8. For translation vide DHV S. No. (21-10) supra.
9. Cāņakya's policy with its six strands and cunning devices forms the noose for
the enemy and succeeds.
10. Bow down to Gauri (=Pārvatī) who embraced/ pressed Hara (= Siva) with her
heavy heaving breasts as she rushed to him in her fright as the mountain (Kailasa) quaked when Rävaņa rudely lifted it by his twenty hands.
11. The idea of even a moment's separation from him wrung from the ladies sighs
which carried the sweet flavour of honey that has been left in their strained hearts by the flowery arrow (of the God of Love).
12. There is not a single thing that has been overlooked in the list of provisions
| SR No. | 006960 |
| Book Title | Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | B L Institute of Indology |
| Publication Year | 1990 |
| Total Pages | 768 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 12 MB |