Rasarnavasudhakara 3.386
Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.386
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3.386
yathā-
nārhāḥ kevala-veda-pāṭha-vidhinā kīrā iva chāndasāḥ
śāstrīyābhyasanāc chunām iva nṛṇām anyonya-kolāhalaḥ |
vyarthaṃ kāvyam asatya-vastu-ghaṭanāt svapnendrajālādivad
vyākīrṇa-vyavahāra-nirṇaya-kṛte tv ekaiva kāryā smṛtiḥ ||
For example:
"Vedic scholars, like parrots reciting only by the rule of Veda recitation, are unfit; / from study of the śāstras, men have clamorous quarrels with one another like dogs; / poetry is useless, consisting of unreal subjects like dreams, magical illusions, and the like; / but for the settlement of tangled legal disputes, the Smṛti alone should be applied."
3.386.p1
atra kāvyādiṣu guṇa-bhūteṣv api doṣatva-kathanād mṛdavam idam |
Here, since faults are attributed to poetry and the rest, even though they possess merit, this is mṛdava.
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