The World of Courtesans c10.50

c10.50

While he is soliloquizing thus, he suddenly comes across a minor poet named Sarasvatabhadra. He had fixed a steadfast gaze on the heavens and the pose suggested that he was trying to derive inspiration from there for his poetry. The Vita addresses him, "Friend Katyayana! What kind of cud are you chewing? What did you say?—that the ghost of poetry has possessed you and is driving you on? You cobbler! stitching together pieces of old poems! Why you are like a herdsman in search of his dispersed herd; are you searching for new poems?"