Kavyadarsha 2.27
Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial 2.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.27
na padmasyendunigrāhyasyendulajjākarī dyutiḥ
atas tvanmukham evedam ity asau nirṇayopamā //
"The luster of a lotus, eclipseable by the moon, does not cause shame to the moon;
therefore this is your face alone": this is the decisive simile.
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- Kāvyādarśa — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit