Laghustavacarcastavau p241

p241

budhaścaturdaśavidyāsu vaiduṣyaprabhāvaprakhyātakīrtiḥ kaviḥ syāt . virala
ityukteretajjñānitvasya durlabhatvam . yadvā yo jānāti sa budhastadeva tasya
jñānitvamiti . anyathā tadatiriktajñānasya lābhe'pi asāraprāyatvamiti sūcyate .
etena kāmarājaikadeśasyāpi vāgbhavabījasamānārthakatvamityuktam . evaṃ
pūrvārdhena kāmakalāyā api sārasvatatvaṃ pradarśya
satyatapomunerākhyānopanyāsapūrvakaṃ tasyā vākprasādajananopavṛṃhaṇāya
hetudvāreṇāparārdhamāha ākhyānamiti . yadyasmātkāraṇātpratiparva pratiparvasu
viṣuvadādyutsavāheṣu darśādisandhikāleṣu vā satyatapasaḥ

the 'wise man' (budhaḥ), becomes a poet whose fame is celebrated for the power of his erudition across the fourteen branches of learning. By saying 'rare' (viralaḥ), the rarity of possessing this knowledge is indicated; or rather, whoever knows this is truly wise, that alone being his true wisdom. Otherwise, even if one acquires knowledge other than that, it is implied to be largely insubstantial. By this it is stated that even a single component of the Kāmarāja has the same significance as the Vāgbhavabīja. Having thus shown in the first half of the verse that the Kāmakalā also pertains to Sarasvatī, he states the second half through the statement of a reason, introducing the narrative of the sage Satyatapas to corroborate that it produces the grace of speech: 'the narrative...' (ākhyānam). That is to say: because on every sacred festival—such as the equinoxes and other festive days, or the transitional moments of the new moon and the like—the twice-born recite the narrative of Satyatapas,