A History of Sanskrit Literature c13.5

c13.5

‘Thou dost display no emotion, nor dost thou boast; thou dost not reveal thy intention to give, but dost yield thy fair fruits; as when the cloud sheds its rain without a sound, so from its fruit alone, o king, is thy favour revealed.’ Meṇṭha receives the compliment, such as it is, of being placed second in the spiritual lineage of Vālmīki, Meṇṭha, Bhavabhūti and Rājaçekhara, while Maṅkha places him beside Subandhu, Bhāravi, and Bāṇa. Some pretty verses are cited from him in the anthologies, as usual with dubious correctness, but one may be quoted: