Rasarnavasudhakara 2.350
Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.350
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2.350
apakartāham asmīti mā te manasi bhūd bhayam |
vimukheṣu na me khaḍgaḥ prahartuṃ jātu vāñchati ||
"Let there be no fear in your mind, thinking, 'I am a wrongdoer';
my sword never wishes to strike those who have turned their backs."
2.350.p1
(sa.ka.ā., kāvyādarśa 2.293)
(Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa; Kāvyādarśa 2.293)
2.350.p2
vyākṛtaṃ ca-atra mayāpakāraḥ kṛta iti yat te cetasi bhayaṃ tan mā bhūt | mama khaḍgaḥ parāṅmukheṣu na kadācid api parahartum utsahata iti sarvathaiva rūḍho' haṅkāraḥ pratīyate | so' yaṃ garva-prakṛtir uddhato nāma raso niṣpadyate iti |
And he commented: "Here, regarding the fear in your mind that 'I have committed an offense'—let there be no such fear. My sword never ventures to strike those whose backs are turned. In this way, egoism thoroughly established is perceived. This aesthetic sentiment called the arrogant, which has pride as its nature, is produced."
2.350.p3
na tāvad atra garvaḥ | kiṃ tu pūrvam apakartāraṃ paścād bhītaṃ dviṣantam avalokya jātayā sama-ravi-mukhaṃ na hanmi mā bhaiṣīr iti vāk-sūcitayā nīce dayayā kasyacid vīra-sārvabhaumasya śobhā nāma pauruṣa-sāttvika-bhāvaḥ pratīyate | yadi vā abhītam api śatruṃ bhīto yadi tarhi palāyasvety adhikṣipatīti garva iti ced astu vā garvaḥ | tathāpy asatyabhītikalpanā-rūpa-cittādhyavasāya-prakāśana-dvāreṇa śatru-gata-krodham eva puṣṇāti | kiṃ ca vimukhāprahāra-rūpātma-sambhāvanā-rūpa-garvasya asatya-bhīti-kalpanopabṛṃhaṇāt poṣo bhāvakānāṃ vairasyāya, na kevalaṃ svādābhāvāyeti nāsminn udāharaṇe garvasya sthāyitvam upapadyate |
First of all, pride is not present here. Rather, upon beholding an enemy who was previously an offender and afterwards frightened, there arises compassion toward the lowly, indicated by the words: 'I do not slay one who turns away from battle; do not fear.' Through this is perceived 'brilliance', an involuntary expression of masculine courage in a sovereign among heroes. Or if it is argued: 'He mocks even an unfrightened enemy by saying, "If you are frightened, then flee"; hence it is pride'—let it be pride. Even so, by manifesting a mental resolution in the form of imagining a false fear, it merely nourishes anger residing in the enemy. Furthermore, the development of pride—whose form is self-esteem characterized by not striking those who have turned their backs—through amplifying the imagination of false fear leads to revulsion in appreciators, and not merely to a lack of aesthetic relish; therefore, in this example, pride cannot logically be a durable emotional state.
2.350.p4
dhṛteḥ sthāyitvam api tenaivodāhṛtam, tathā hi-
Firmness as a durable emotional state has also been illustrated by him, as follows:
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