Tilakamanjari

SR No.: 022659
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanpal, Sudarshankumar Sharma
Publisher: Parimal Publications
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 504
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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DHANAPĀLA AS A PROSE WRITER
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dignity by the group of his own virtues. Even Harivāhana felt great glee, with heart gladdened by his virtues, even when Samaraketu was seen by him in a dream like an ambitious king getting overjoyed on seeing in a vision the territory of an enemy.
Pulsating with youthful vigour he has been depicted as a gallant going to the outer garden named Mattakokila clinging to the shores of Sarayā mounted on an elephant bearing thereby the semblance of Indra mounted on Airāvata and accompanied by Samaraketu mounted on the globular pate of the tusker and acting the role of an elephant driver bearing a pointed goad with betel box bearer seated on the hinder part and a fly-whisk strung with a golden handle being waved every moment overhead balanced by a circle of a parasol made of peacock's plumes appearing thereby to be Jayanta made subservient by Samkrandana i.e. Indra wearing a limited heap of ornaments, painted with unguents, wearing a crest chaplet and donning a pair of robes transparent like the slough of a serpent shaken off.? All this is in conformity with the characterisation of the Nāgaraka idealised by Vātsyāyana in his Kāmasūtra (Book I). Dallying in the water pavilion he regaled himself with the fellow princes. Enjoying various sports and literary concourses situate to the shrine of cupid he spent his time with gaiety combined with serenity and circumspection which are apparent from the sober suggestion he gave to Samaraketu feeling malaise on hearing the import of the palm-leaf-billet. Instead of entertaining spite on understanding that the love letter from the beloved created anxiety in the mind of Samaraketu who might have been feeling perturbed on the perturbed condition of the sweetheart, he simply consoles him.
"Friend : How is that you are feeling indisposed on an occasion which entails great rejoicing? Why does not the gleam of smile permeate your lips? Why don't the words of poets brimming with sentiment of love pour
1. अपहाय भुजवीर्यमन्वकृत हरिवाहनस्य सर्वानपि गुणान् आत्मगुणगणेन प्रगुणितश्च परमया भक्त्या प्रीत्या च
नि:सामान्यया राजानमिव तमहर्निशमसेवत। हरिवाहनोऽपि तद्गुणानु रंजितमनाः स्वप्नदृष्टेऽपि समरकेतौ विपक्षजनपद sa fring: Vi 4942141 Ibid. Vol. II p. 234. LL. 5-7. एकदा च स ग्रीष्मसमये प्रातरेवोत्थाय निर्वर्तितस्नानभोजनादिविधिरुदधिजलविलुलितवासुकिमुक्तनिर्मोकनिर्मलं परिधाय वासोयुगलमुन्निद्रमल्लिकामुकुलरचित शेखरो.....शिरीषतरुकुसुमकल्पितकर्णपूरः, कर्पूरपरिमलमुचा चन्दनद्रवेण विहितसर्वाङ्गीणाङ्गरागः, तत्कालोपनीतरत्नोपलशकलशीतलममलमुक्ताफलप्रायमल्पमुद्वहन् भूषणकलापम्, ऐरावताधिरूढ़ः सहस्राक्ष इव साक्षादुपलक्ष्यमाणः..... तत्क्षणगृहीतनिशितसृणेर्निषादितां प्रतिपद्य सिन्धुरस्कन्धमध्यासितस्य समरकेतोरधिस्कन्धमर्पितोभयबाहुपाशः पश्चिमासनाध्यासिना ताम्बूलदायकेन प्रतिवेलमुख़्यमानकनकदण्डडामेरैकचामारः, तुलितगत्वरतमालतरुखण्डेन मायूरातपत्रमण्डलेन जयन्त इव
H ora:... paziuftici 7A GENE4":971 TM II. p. 234 LL. 8-9. p. 235 LL. 1-8. 3. Ibid. vol. II pp. 236-240.