The Gaṅgā of Rasa 47.1

47.1

atrendrasabhāmadhyagatasakalanirīkṣakālambanaḥ avanimaṇḍalāgataviṣayavandīndravadanavinirgatarājadānavarṇanoddīpitaḥ, ūdhaḥprasnutapīyūṣaprakarair anubhāvitaḥ, asūyādibhiḥ saṃcāribhiḥ paripoṣito 'pi kāmagavīgata utsāho rājastutiguṇībhūta iti na rasavyapadeśahetuḥ/
ata evedam api nodāharaṇam--
"sābdhidvīpakulācalāṃ vasumatīm ākramya saptāntarāṃ
sarvāṃ dyām api susmitena hariṇā mandaṃ samālokitaḥ/
prādurbhūtaparapramodavidaladromāñcitas tatkṣaṇaṃ
vyānamrīkṛtakaṃdharo 'suravaro mauliṃ puro nyastavān//"
iha ca bhagavadvāmanālambanaḥ tatkartṛkamandanirīkṣaṇoddīpitaḥ, romāñcādibhir anubhāvitaḥ, harṣādibhiḥ poṣitaḥ, utsāho vyajyamāno 'pi guṇaḥ/ prāg anyagatasyeva prakṛte rājagatasyāpi tasya rājastutyutkarṣakatvāt/ etena
"tyāgaḥ saptasamudramudritamahīnirvyājadānāvadhiḥ" iti śrīvatsalāñchanoktam udāharaṇaṃ parāstam/ tasya guṇībhūtavyaṅgyatvena rasadhvaniprasaṅge 'nudāharaṇīyatvāt/ nanu "akaruṇam avakṛtya-" ity atrāpi pratīyamānasya dānavīrasya karṇastutyaṅgatvāt kathaṃ dhvanitvam iti cet, satyam/ atra kaveḥ karṇavacanānuvādamātratātparyakatvena
karṇastutau tātparyavirahāt/ karṇasya ca mahāśayatvenātmastutau tātparyānupapatteḥ stutir avākyārtha eva/ paraṃ tu vīrarasapratyayānantaraṃ tādṛśotsāhena liṅgena svādhikaraṇe sānumīyate/ rājavarṇanapadye tu rājastutau tātparyād vākyārthataiva tasyāḥ/
dvitīyo yathā--
"na kapota bhavantam aṇv api spṛśatu śyena samudbhavaṃ bhayam/
idam adya mayā tṛṇīkṛtaṃ bhavadāyuḥkuśalaṃ kalevaram//"
athavaivaṃ vinyāsaḥ--

Here, although the energy residing in Kāmadhenu has all the onlookers seated in Indra's assembly as its determinant, is stimulated by the eulogy of the king's generosity flowing from the mouths of the foremost bards who have arrived from the earth, has the streams of nectar trickling from her udder as its consequent, and is nourished by transitory emotional states such as envy, it is nevertheless subordinated to the praise of the king; hence, it cannot be the cause for designation as aesthetic relish.
For this very reason, this [verse] too is not an example:
'Covering the earth with its seven divisions, oceans, continents, and principal mountain ranges,
and the entire heaven as well, [Bali] was gently looked upon with a tender smile by Hari;
at that instant, bristling with horripilation that burst forth from supreme joy,
that foremost of Asuras bowed his neck and placed his head before him.'
Here too, although the energy—which has the Lord Vāmana as its determinant, is stimulated by the gentle glance cast by Him, has horripilation and the like as its consequents, and is nourished by joy and the like—is manifested, it is [merely] a subordinate quality. For just as previously [the energy] belonging to another was conducive to heightening the praise of the king, so in the present case too, belonging to the king, it heightens the praise of the king. By this, the example stated by Śrīvatsalāñchana:
'Giving whose limit is the sincere gift of the earth sealed by the seven seas...'
is refuted; because, having subordinated suggested meaning, it ought not to be cited as an example in the context of the suggestion of aesthetic relish. If it be asked: how is there suggestion in the verse beginning 'Cruelly cutting off...', since there too the generosity-heroism that is cognized is a limb of the praise of Karṇa? [We reply:] True. Here, the poet has the sole purport of reporting the words of Karṇa, and there is no purport to praise Karṇa. And since, because of Karṇa's noble-mindedness, an intention to praise himself is impossible, praise is not the sentential meaning at all. Rather, subsequent to the comprehension of the heroic sentiment, it is inferred in its own locus by means of that energy serving as an inferential mark. In the verse describing the king, however, because of the intention to praise the king, it is precisely the sentential meaning.
The second is as follows:
'O pigeon, let not fear arising from the hawk touch you even in the slightest!
This day, your life and well-being have reduced my own body to [the worth of] a blade of grass.'
Or the wording may be thus: