Dhvanyalokalocana 6
English (machine translation) 6
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6.2
That meaning alone is the soul of poetry; and so, of old,
the sorrow of the first poet, arising from the separation of the curlew pair, turned into verse. //
6.3
That meaning alone is the essence of poetry, which is charming through the manifold elaboration of expressed meanings and expressing words.
And of the first poet Vālmīki, sorrow itself, born from the plaintive cry of the curlew bird distressed by separation from his slain mate, transformed into verse. For sorrow is the durable emotion of the compassionate sentiment. And although other varieties of the implicit meaning are observed, it is characterized solely through aesthetic relish and emotion on account of their primacy. //