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Smi. Nilandana ś. Shock which was in no time filled to the brim by the advent of an untimely, cloud is described in verse 43. The submarine fire in the sea is represented as a spark only of the fire raging in the belly of the great sage Agastya in verse 51. The verses reforing to the deer, the tiger, the beo and the Swan are such as can be used as apt illustrations of Aprastutaprasamsā.
Critical Appreciation. Even a cursory reading of these subhāpitas would convince. Anyone that Chitta pa was a very enlightened poet.
In these subbåşitas we find a proper equipoise between Sabda and Artha. Read for example the verse HUHTET, RFT (v. 46). Here the anupråsa finely coincides with the description of the waters of Narmacht, fragrant with the ofephant's ichor, and bearing the colour of the Kumho kum paste on the breasts of the Siddha women. Another verse fart..... (v. 4) has been cited, as an illustration of artharaçana by Bhoja in St. Verse 5 is cited by Bhoja in Sr. Pra. as an instance of apunadadhavani.
The poetic expression depends on how a thing is said. and not upon what is said. The touch of Chittapa's pen convorts any ordinary subject. into omotional poetry-The simple ordinary glorification that the king's famo traversed the three worlds has been presented in a poetic form in verse 22. Chittapa excels in the grace and felicity of poetic expression. This characteristic secures for him a foremost place among the writers of subhasitas. ..
These subharitas are replete with suggested songe (vyanjana). This very much enhances the charm of the subhaşistas. The verses 43 and 49 are instances in point. The verse 45 describes a dry lake which was Aled to the prim by an untimely cloud. But it suggests some place wbich has become fortunate by the advent of a generous personality who at once satisiod all the needy persons. Vesse 49 is one of the best vorses composed by Chittapa. The expressed sense here pertains to a bee who annot forget the taste of honey of the lotus of Lakşemi. The bee, there.fore cannot find pleasure on the mango tree or the Bakul tree or even Priyangu creeper.
This verse suggests the condition of some noble man, who has become unhappy after having enjoyed ihe best things, he cannot now reconcile with ordinary things. In many of these verses, this suggested SODBE is subservient to Rasa or Alamkāra.,
Chitta' pa doos not lag behind in delineating various sentiments. It is but natural that as most of his subhāşitas are in-glorification of the king. the Herbic sentiment figures predominantly. At the same time, other rasas are not absent here. In the preliminary benedictory verscs, ardent devotion
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