Makaranda Madhukar Anand Mahendale Festshrift

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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Minoru Hara
Makaranda
"How did you decide to make this world of transmigration deprived of essence, the three-worlds of a jewel, the shining world of light, her kinsfolk of hope to live, the god Kama of pride, the creation of human eyes of fruit, and to make the world like a weathered forest?"
(4-2-2) Corresponding to (4-1-5) above, we have a verse in the Prabodhacandrodaya, which praises detachment (vairāgya):
Asāre samsăre virāsa-pariņāme tu viduṣām |
viyogo vairagyam draḍhayati vitanvañ śama-sukham || (Prabodhacandrodaya 5.28cd)
"On the contrary, in this essenceless world of transmigration which develops eventually into tastelessness, separation strengthens detachment in the case of the wise, manifesting the happiness of tranquillity.".
(4-2-3) Friendship is also considered as the sära of samsāra. The hardship of living in this world is rewarded by one's association with good people, especially a person who knows the right thing (ucita-jña).
citresu pathiṣu caratām kvacid ucitajñaḥ sa ko'pi samghatate yena samam samsaratām samsara-pariśramaḥ saphalaḥ ||
(Vikramacarita, Jainistic Recension of 20 verse 8, p. 158)
"Sometimes by chance those who wander on random paths meet with some man who knows what is truly fitting; and if they wander through life with him, the toil of their existence becomes fruitful."
(Edgerton) 19
(4-2-4) The following verse sounds cultural, sāra being the elegant taste of "poetical composition (kavya-karana)."20
Asāre samsăre sumati-śaraṇe kavya-karaṇe
yatheṣṭam cestante kati na kavayaḥ sva-sva-rucayaḥ | pāram dugdha-snigdham madhura-racanam yas tu vacanam prasūte brūte vā bhavati viralaḥ ko 'pi saralaḥ ||
(MSS. 3745=Vikramacarita p. 235 verse 14)
"There are many poets, each brilliant in his own way, who busy themselves at their own pleasure with the art of poetry, which is the refuge