Dhvanyalokalocana 77
English (machine translation) 77
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77.2
When faultless in residing in the same substratum, but opposed in immediate sequence, / a sentiment is to be suggested by the intelligent [poet] through the intervention of another sentiment. //
77.3
However, that which is unopposed when possessing the same substratum, but opposed in immediate sequence, should be introduced into the continuous work by the intervention of another aesthetic relish, just as the peaceful and erotic sentiments are introduced in the Nāgānanda. And the peaceful sentiment is indeed experienced as an aesthetic relish characterized as the development of the happiness born from the cessation of craving. And so it is said:
77.4
Whatever pleasure of desire there is in the world, and whatever great divine bliss, / these do not equal even a sixteenth part of the bliss born from the cessation of craving.
77.5
Even if indeed it is not within the range of experience of all people, this distinctive mental state of extraordinary, high-minded persons cannot on that account be rejected. Nor is it appropriate to subsume it under the heroic sentiment, since that is established as consisting of pride, whereas this rests solely on the pacification of the ego. And if, despite the existence of such a distinction between the two, identity were assumed, then the same would apply to the heroic and furious sentiments as well. If it is established that when particular mental states such as the compassionate-heroic are entirely free from egoism they are varieties of the peaceful sentiment, but otherwise varieties of the heroic sentiment, there is no contradiction whatsoever. Thus, in this way, the peaceful sentiment does exist. And even when an opposed aesthetic relish is combined with it in a continuous work, there is no opposition through the intervention of a non-opposed aesthetic relish, as in the case demonstrated. ||
77.6
To confirm this very point, the following is said: