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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Peterson in his Introduction to the edition of the Subhāṣitāvali of Vallabhadeva observes - "Vākpatirāja is stated to have been the son of Harṣadeva. The following verse has been quoted in this anthology::
घनोद्यानच्छायामिव मरुपथाद्दावदहनातुषाराम्भोवापीमिव विषविपाकादिव सुधाम् ।
प्रवृद्धादुन्मादात् प्रकृतिमिव निस्तीर्य विरहालभेयं त्वद्भक्तिं निरुपमरसां शंकर कदा | No 3114 श्रीहर्षदेवात्मज वाक्पतेः ।
That Vākpatirāja was a prince as well as a poet is evident both from the passage in the Rajatarangini and from the following reference to him, found in Halayudha's commentary on the Pingalasūtras
स जयति वाक्पतिराजः सकलार्थिमनोरथकल्पतरुः । प्रत्यर्थिभूतपार्थिवलक्ष्मीहठहरणाद दुर्ललितः ॥
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Halayudha's verse is quoted in the Dasarūpāvaloka with the note that the king referred to is Muñja. According to a statement in the Yasastilaka, Vākpatirāja was thrown into prison by Yasovarman and there, like James I of Scotland, composed his poem. " The poet Soḍdhala in his Udayasundarikahā also mentions him as one born in a royal family
सामन्तजन्माऽपि कवीश्वराणां महत्तमो वाक्पतिराजसूरिः । छाययाऽप्यन्यमपीडयन् सन्नुत्पादयत्यर्थमनन्यदृष्टम् ॥
In the Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāndāgāra, the following verse is ascribed to Harṣadeva
यातोऽस्मि पद्मनयने समयो ममैष सुप्ता मयैव भवती प्रतिबोधनीया । प्रत्यायनामयमितीव सरोरुहिण्याः सूर्योऽस्तमस्तकनिविष्टकरः करोति ॥ P. 295 / v. 50