Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 177

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yat so'yamiti saṃbandhaḥ . nṛttagītavādyādicatuṣṣaṣṭikalāvidyāvanto
vidyādharā iti na vyākhyeyaṃ rājñaḥ kiñcijjñatāsūcakatvāt . nāpi
tripurāvidyābhedābhijñā vidyādharāḥ rājñaḥ sarvadevatāvigrahavatyāṃ
paradevatāyāṃ bhaktirāhityavyañjakatvāt . nāpi vidyādharā
devayoniṣvarvācīnapadasthāḥ kecana vaimānikāḥ teṣāṃ vṛndeneti vyākhyeyaṃ
divye vidyādharapade dīvyatāṃ teṣāṃ samrājo hyasya sevakatvāsaṃbhavāt . ata
evoktaṃ śrutyā - tasyeyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā vittasya pūrṇā syāt . sa eko
mānuṣa ānandaḥ . te hi ye śataṃ mānuṣā ānandāḥ sa eko
manuṣyagandharvāṇāmānandaḥ ityādi .. 12 ..

Because of this, the connection is: “He is that very one.” One should not explain that the vidyādharas are possessors of knowledge of the sixty-four arts, such as dance, song, and instrumental music, because that would imply that the king has only limited knowledge. Nor [should one explain that] the vidyādharas are experts in the varieties of the lore of Tripurā, because that would indicate an absence of devotion on the king's part toward the supreme deity, who embodies all deities. Nor should it be explained that the vidyādharas are certain celestial beings occupying a subordinate status among divine classes, whose “multitude” [venerated his feet], since it is impossible that those rejoicing in the divine rank of a vidyādhara should be servants to this [earthly] emperor. For this very reason scripture states: “If this entire earth were full of wealth for him, that is one human bliss; that which is a hundred human blisses is one bliss of the human Gandharvas,” and so forth. || 12