Rasarnavasudhakara 3.331
Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.331
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3.331
yuktyā nijotkarṣa-vādī prauḍha ity aparaiḥ smṛtaḥ ||
By others, one who asserts his own superiority through reasoned argument is considered mature.
3.331.p1
yathā mamaiva-nedānīntana-dīpikā kim u tamaḥ-saṅghātam unmūlayed ity ādi [rasārṇava-sudhākare 1.55] |
As in my own work: "Could a contemporary lamp not uproot a mass of darkness?" and so forth [in Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.55].
3.331.p2
atra jyotsnādi-dṛṣṭānta-mukhena mādhuryaujaḥ-prasādākhyānāṃ guṇānāṃ sva-sāhityaṃ rasaucityena [sattāṃ] pratipādayann ayaṃ kaviḥ prauḍha ity ucyate |
Here, by establishing through illustrations such as moonlight the presence in his own composition of the poetic qualities called sweetness, vigor, and clarity in accordance with aesthetic sentiment, this poet is called mature.
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