Love or Leave Bhartuharis Dilemma

Author(s): Ashok Aklujkar
Publisher: ZZ_Anusandhan

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3FRİETT-919. 14 his hand by bounty, not by bracelets; his body by benevolence, not by sandal paste.” (Miller 1990:51)32 aišvaryasya vibhūşanaṁ sujanatā, šauryasya vāk-samyamo jñānasyopasamaḥ, samasya vinayo, vittasya pātre vyayaḥ| akrodhas tapasaḥ, kşamă prabhavitur, dharmasya nirvyājatā sarveşām api sarva-kāraṇam idam silam param
bhūsanam 1/41// “Kindness is an ornament for power, restrained speech for valor, dispassion for wisdom, discipline for tranquility, munificence for wealth, forebearance for austerity, patience for majesty, and candor for duty - but moral conduct, the cause of all, is a gem that crowns the rest.” (Miller 1990:45)
Also, when BH describes a situation that he obviously values in the area of sensual experiences, relatively abstract achievements of culture almost always enter the scene in a very natural way. Without poetry, music or display of sharp erudition, nothing is really enjoyable to him. In another stanza reminding us of Omar Khayyam's rubai quoted in $3.5, he says :
āvāsaḥ kilakimcitasya davitā pārśve vilāsālasă, karne kokila-kāmini-kala-ravaḥ, smero latā-mandupuh /
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