Rasarnavasudhakara 3.326
Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.326
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3.326
purāṇam ity eva na sādhu sarvaṃ
na cāpi kāvyaṃ navam ity avadyam |
santaḥ parīkṣyāntarad bhajante
mūḍhaḥ para-pratyayaneya-buddhiḥ ||
Not everything is good merely because it is old,
nor is a poem to be condemned merely because it is new;
the discerning, having tested, resort to one or the other,
while the fool has an intellect led by the belief of others.
3.326.p1
[mā.a.mi. 1.2]
|| [Mālavikāgnimitra 1.2]
3.326.p2
atra santaḥ parīkṣety anena sva-kṛteḥ parīkṣaṇa-kṣamatva-kalpito nija-garvaḥ kāli-dāsena vivakṣita iti tasyodāttatvam |
Here, by the phrase "the discerning, having tested," Kālidāsa intends his own pride founded on the capacity of his work to undergo critical examination; hence his noble character.
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