Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...
Text 9.48
द्विषां विकर्तनो भास्वान् बुधः सौम्यः स राजते ॥
dviṣāṃ vikartano bhāsvān budhaḥ saumyaḥ sa rājate ||
dviṣām—of enemies; vikartanaḥ—a slasher; bhāsvān—effulgent; budhaḥ—intelligent person; saumyaḥ—pleasant; saḥ—he; rājate—shines.
[Here the sounds are not broken:] An effulgent, intelligent and pleasant person who slashes enemies is resplendent.
Commentary:
Here punar-uktavad-ābhāsa occurs twice. In both cases, neither word is used in the meaning it usually has: (1) The words vikartana (slasher) and bhāsvān (effulgent) are synonyms of sun,[1] and (2) The words budha (intelligent) and saumya (pleasant) are synonyms of “son of the moon.” Budha is the son of the moon (Bhāgavatam 9.14.14).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
bhāsvad-vivasvat-saptāśva-haridaśvoṣṇa-raśmayaḥ || vikartanārka-mārtaṇḍa-mihirāruṇapūṣaṇaḥ |(Amara-koṣa 1.3.28-29)