Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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प्रभृतीनां च कपालादिकमस्थि गङगायां क्षिप्तं घूर्णमानमास्ते । तेन गङगाजलघूर्ण#7719410cala agerHTETRATTENTEMEI father I Com.
60-61. Three reasons are given by the Poet to establish the purity of the waters of Gangā.
The Eulogy of Poets 62. The poets alone, by their interpretation in words, show to us this world with all its variations, either as a substantial source of joy or as 'airy nothing'. Surt = .
64. The man who loses himself in the real enjoyment of Poetry, is least affected by material want or prosperity. In fact, poverty, to him, becomes a pleasure, while abundance proves a miserable encumbrance.
65. Sanskrit and Prakrit are complementary to each other. 66. Compare —
“And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown the poet's pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing,
A local habitation and a name.” Shakespeare. 67. ¿qaret HERETOT 37. A clear reference to the Gaudi and the Vaidarbhi styles, a mixture of which, as with Bhavabhūti, is commended by the Poet. Cf.
यत् प्रौढत्वमुदारता च वचसां यच्चार्थतो गौरवम् । Toggle Tarta Thaqifusca triput: 11 ATO 1.6
CAT: METT: – Bombast. - 68. It does not matter if you are not very rich. Even a little of wealth is enough to make you happy. But a little of knowledge makes a man puffed up, egoistic and ridiculous.
Cf. 35: CATTET: TEACHIETà faa: 11
ज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्धं ब्रह्मापि नरं न रब्जयति ॥ भर्तृहरि-नीति. २ 69. ...... TITIT. A reference to his earlier work, “Madhumatha-Vijaya'. The style employed by him in this work was full of Ojas i. e. pompous, heavy and rhetorical. He would attempt a simpler and softer style in the present work. The first flowers are always full and robust, while the later ones are thin and soft.