Silent Soil

Author(s): Vidyasagar Acharya
Publisher: Bhagwan Rishabhdev Granthmala

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is inversely sayingwithout becoming rakha (ashes) where is the pure-perception?
Ra...kha...kha...ra... (Page 57-58) With this type of Sabda-sadhana (word-exercise) the internal meanings have got uncovered of nari (woman), suta (daughter), kumari (girl), stri (woman), abala (woman) etc. It can be pointed out here that the Acharya poet has expressed respect and faith for women. He has appreciated their peacefulness and restraint. In Silent-soil is reflected the internal nature of poetry and it introduces the basic principles of literature. If we start giving examples there is no end, because most part of the poem is worth quoting which is a wonderful quality of the work. The poet says
The word 'sahitya' as if getting moulded in the artistic mould of the craftsman! "That which is combined with, coordinated with the hita (good) is taken as 'sahita' and, the sense of sahita is sahitya. It means that the true sahitya is that whose perusal generates and accomplishes joy; otherwise, it is like a flower without smell, devoid of joy it is merely a senseless jumble of words....! (Page 110)
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