Tilakamanjari

Author(s): Dhanpal, Sudarshankumar Sharma
Publisher: Parimal Publications

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DHANAPĀLA AS A PROSE WRITER
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'सखे! यदि तवाप्यभिलाषस्तदलं विलम्बितुम् उत्तिष्ठ गमननिष्ठो भव मैकान्ततो विनिपातभीरुर्मन्त्रीव
यात्राभियोगभंगार्थमर्थशास्त्रप्रदर्शितेन वर्मना देशकालसहायवैकल्यादीनि कारणान्यकारणमेव दर्शय, सकेशमस्तु यदि a rfen Braha alag 7074 Tige r dal' On hearing the sound of music he ventures to pursue it and risks his life through the unfathomable and horror provoking occan abounding in seafauna. This proves his adventurous disposition. Following the music he reached a spot and saw a maiden sixteen years old and just at that time Vajrārgalā the portress of Harivāhana brought a portrait originally brought by Gandharvaka setting thereby the stage for the initial meeting of the Hero and the side hero with their respective beloveds who put their lovers to such trials that after undergoing the perils of death and derision they emerge out successful vindicated through the ordeals. Love smitten (Samaraketu on seeing the maiden and Harivāhana on seeing the maiden painted in the picture) both display a certain amount of lack of fortitude but gradually adjust themselves according to the circumstances. Harivāhana unable to find Gandharvaka return back after the promise, gets impatient and unable to bear himself finds excuse to proceed on a Digvijaya and wading through the regions round about Kāmarūpa and the adjoining forest terrain on the banks of Lauhitya (Brahmaputra) he is lured into the clutches of Providence in so far as in trying to turn back Vairiyamadanda, his personal vehicle, he is raised aloft by a miracle tuskar who throws him into the lake Adrstapāra and helps him see the face of the maiden of his heart for the first time. Failing to have a chat he returns and returning to meet her in the morning again he loses her sight and instead sees the beloved of his brother Samaraketu who narrates her woeful tale of her separation from her lord and ultimately helps him to unite with Tilakamañjarī, who also suffers another separation from him due to the non-availability of Samaraketu, his friend in need and trials simply with a view to making him available to Malayasundarī. The non availability of his friend impels him to have a fall from the precipice, where from he is rescued by the intervention of a youth named Anangarati who prompts him to undergo the ordeal of a secret charm and its performance in a hill cavern. A prince used to the life of luxury he ventures to undergo the ordeal of a secret charm and its performance in a hill cavern. A prince used to the life of luxury he ventures to undergo that ordeal for the sake of his friend and ultimately finds Sri appearing before him to shower the boon of reuniting with his beloved Tilakamañjarī who was none but Priyangusundarī in a
1. TM. Vol.II pp. 302-303. p. 302. L. 10. p. 303. LL. 1-3.