Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 1

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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with his latest wife that he can find time and energy only to hunt upon the peacocks and this is time and energy only to hunt upon the peacocks and this is really a matter of pride for her. This verse seems to be a deliberate improvement upon the following similar one :
वाणि हत्थिदन्ता कुदो श्रम्हाणं बाधकित्ति न । जाव लुलिचालनमुही घरम्मि परिसक्कए सुणहा ॥
and its variation :
करिणी वेव्वरो मह पुत्तो एकक काण्डविणिवाई | हम सोण्हाए तह को कण्डकरण्ड बहइ || 2
A very subtle hint is thrown to the infirmity of a lover in the following verse in which he has been compared to the full moon in relation to the evening dusk. The relation of the full moon to the evening dusk is a fleeting one and so is his to his lady-loves :
णव पुण्णिमा मिश्रंकस्स सुहन को तं सि भणसु मह सच्चं । का सोहग्ग समग्गा पत्रोस रग्रणि व्व तुह प्रज्ज || "
In such cases it gives almost a sense of triumph to discover the suggestion which it is difficult to do without the aid of the commentary.
Some verses reveal a wealth of imagery and vie with the finished verses of the great masters of Sanskrit poetry. The following illustrates sahokti :--
सहदिवसणिसाहिदीहरा सासदण्डा
सह मणिबल एहि वाहधारा गलन्ति । तुह सुह विप्रोए तीए उब्विबरीए
सह- तणुलदाए दुबला जीविदासा || 4
The following shows a wide range of the poet's imaginative activity :
जे लंका गिरिमेहलाहिं खलिदा संभोग्रखिष्णोरई फारफुल्ल फणावली कवलणे पत्ता दरिद्दत्तणं ।
ते एहि मलाला विरहिणीणीसास संपविकरणो
जादा कत्ति सिसुत्तणे वि बहला तारूण्ण पुष्णा विश्र || 5
The imagery is some cases is worked out to such a subtlety that it assumes the nature of conceit. A lady says to her faithless love that on account of anger, they are a
the red threads in her eyes are not
1. Dhv. 3-1.
4. KP. 495; KM. II 9.
2. Dhv.4-4.
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3. KP. 88, cf Mechk. IV 15. KP. 68; KM. I-19.