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80. A poet like Kalidāsa, for instance, who stands unequalled and is established as such in the circle of poets, will find no other poet of whom he should be jealous. cf. पुरा कवीनां गणनाप्रसङगे कनिष्ठिकाधिष्ठितकालिदासः ।
अद्यापि तत्तुल्यकवेरभावादनामिका सार्थवती बभूव ।। सुभा० 81. The Gāthā, as rendered in Sanskrit prose, would read thus - मतिसंदेहावलोकने येषां निजमतिसंदेह एव, ते स्थितरूपा लोकस्य विचारFUT of safra A mind, chaotically confused in itself, is incompetent to resolve the doubts of others. He, who cannot judge for himself, cannot judge for others.
82. Censure of the lowest of the low is beneath our dignity, while the great ones cannot be adequately extolled, because of our inability to understand them fully. Cf. 7 act aterofag: foport: 1 4o. Futility of efforts is thus a common factor in both.
84. The earlier poets, perhaps pre-Kalidasian, went about their task, without any guide-lines or accepted and established norms for their literary compositions, such as the literary Form of a Mahakāvya, the particular Sentiment, the choice of topics, characterisation etc. There were thus no trodden paths or beaten tracks and hence their Poetical Fancy soared high and low in search of themes. Things settled down in this respect during the days of Kalidasa. Cf. 37497 Barat fotograf: 1 port Tommi arafe À fa: 11 TT. I
Although such is the case, we now (5637-gGra) find how some poets, trying to emulate the genius of the earlier poets, fail miserably in their attempts at such imitation. Cf. er fe à seraitaat:
: Disfer tarafa gamathi Fafaritaifafa funt rarit i Com.
85. It may be argued that earlier poets like Vyāsa and Vālmika have practically exhausted all topics and there is nothing new or original left for a poet of these days to visualise, in view of a common saying, stafogo TTT Ph. Such is not the case, however. Even a modern poet, with a keen insight and subtle observation, can conceive fresh themes, if only he frees himself from the limits ( T) of conventional approach to his surroundings and extends his range of imagination over wider areas, high and low.
of Eco - 7 Troi— Not perceived.
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