Shringaraprakasha 9.p1.17

9.p1.17

As in the Ratnāvalī, in the third act, the King [says]: / 'Friend, how will the sight of my beloved even come to be?' / The Jester: / 'Sir, why will it not be, when you have this minister whose abundance of intellect derides Bṛhaspati?' / The King: / 'Indeed, nothing is impossible.' / When a relation of objectives is accomplished through association with great persons / being mutually favourable, that is proclaimed as contrivance (yukti). / As in the Mālatīmādhava, Kāmandakī [says]: / 'So now, Devarāta, minister to the king of Vidarbha, sending his son Mādhava from Kuṇḍanapura to this Padmāvatī to study philosophy, acted very wisely: / The promise regarding the alliance between their offspring has been brought to the memory of his dear friend, / and his son, whose virtues exceed ordinary mortals, has been exhibited to inspire liking. / Moreover, through the events in the garden involving Makaranda, I perceive even the favour of divine fate, / and the arrangement involving Vakulāvalī and the picture-board stirs a certain marvelous delight.' / A speech possessed of multiple logical connections, accomplishing multiple objectives, / and joined with multiple statements, is to be understood as brilliant exposition (nirbhāsana). / As in the Mālatīmādhava, Makaranda [says]: / 'Friend Mādhava, the mutual exchange of glances among her friends was a prior sign of love even for her; / and the clever speech of the foster-sister saying, "to a certain someone, someone…"' / Kalahaṃsaka, approaching: / 'And this.' He shows the picture-board. / When one capable of retaliation restrains himself, even in the face of an offence, / on account of the propriety of the person involved, that is proclaimed as forbearance (kṣamā). / As in the Uttararāmacarita, Lava [says] to himself: / 'Such causeless affection these elders have towards me! / Yet I, foolish, have committed an offense against these very ones, / in that weapons were taken up.' (Aloud): 'Now let the revered father pardon Lava's childishness!'