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ANTHOLOGY STANZAS ATTRIBUTED TO MAYURA
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Notes. 1. Text given in Peterson's edition of the Subhasitavali, stanza
no. 2045, where it is ascribed to Mayura. However, in the introduction to
the Subhaşitävali (p. 86), Peterson marks this stanza with a (?), but
gives no reason why he questions its authorship. This stanza is also given,
though anonymously, in the Paddhati of Sarngadhara (no. 3958 of Peter-
son's edition), which reads -vighnas tu durvirahaḥ for vighno 'pi
durvişahaḥ. 2. The meter of this stanza is dryd.
THE BURNING OF THE CITY OF TRIPURA
samvyānāmśukapallaveşu taralam venīguneşu sthitam
mandam kañcukasamdhișu stanatatotsangeşu dīptārcişam
ālokya tripurāvarodhanavadhūvargasya dhūmadhvajam
hastasrastasarāsano vijayate devo dayārdrekṣaṇaḥ
Glory¹ to the God (Siva), whose bow fell from his hand, and
whose eye became moist in pity,
As he saw the fire trembling on the scarfs of the mantles of the
crowd of women in the inner apartments of Tripura,²
Running up their rope-like braids, slowly [creeping] over the
folds of their bodices,
And flaming brightly on their laps and their rounded breasts.³
Notes. 1. This stanza is attributed to Mayüra's pen in the Saduktikar-
namṛta (1. 15. 3), an anthology consisting of a collection of 2380 miscel-
laneous stanzas by 446 different poets. The stanzas deal with various
subjects, five stanzas being devoted to each subject. The collection was
compiled by Sridhara Dasa, and was completed by him in 1205 A.D. (cf.
Rajendralala Mitra, Notices of Skt. MSS, vol. 3, p. 134, no. 1180, Calcutta,
1876). The Saduktikarnāmṛta is being edited in the Bibliotheca Indica
Series by Rämävatāra Śarmā; the first fascicle, containing 376 stanzas
(seventy-five full divisions of five stanzas each, and the first stanza of the
seventy-sixth division), was published in Calcutta, in 1912. Thomas's
analysis (given in his Kavindravacanasamuccaya, introd., p. 67-68) shows
that only four stanzas in the Saduktikarnamṛta bear Mayūra's name.
These four occur in the first part of that work, and I cite them here from
Sarma's edition. 2. On the burning of Tripura, the triple city of the
demons, by the flaming arrows of Siva, see Candīšataka, stanza 16, note 3.
3. The meter of this stanza is the fardalavikridita. The following variant
is given by Thomas, who cites the stanza in his Kavindravacanasamuccaya,
introd., p. 67, n. 3: (c) aloke.
239
Notes. 1. Text given in Peterson's edition of the Subhasitavali, stanza
no. 2045, where it is ascribed to Mayura. However, in the introduction to
the Subhaşitävali (p. 86), Peterson marks this stanza with a (?), but
gives no reason why he questions its authorship. This stanza is also given,
though anonymously, in the Paddhati of Sarngadhara (no. 3958 of Peter-
son's edition), which reads -vighnas tu durvirahaḥ for vighno 'pi
durvişahaḥ. 2. The meter of this stanza is dryd.
THE BURNING OF THE CITY OF TRIPURA
samvyānāmśukapallaveşu taralam venīguneşu sthitam
mandam kañcukasamdhișu stanatatotsangeşu dīptārcişam
ālokya tripurāvarodhanavadhūvargasya dhūmadhvajam
hastasrastasarāsano vijayate devo dayārdrekṣaṇaḥ
Glory¹ to the God (Siva), whose bow fell from his hand, and
whose eye became moist in pity,
As he saw the fire trembling on the scarfs of the mantles of the
crowd of women in the inner apartments of Tripura,²
Running up their rope-like braids, slowly [creeping] over the
folds of their bodices,
And flaming brightly on their laps and their rounded breasts.³
Notes. 1. This stanza is attributed to Mayüra's pen in the Saduktikar-
namṛta (1. 15. 3), an anthology consisting of a collection of 2380 miscel-
laneous stanzas by 446 different poets. The stanzas deal with various
subjects, five stanzas being devoted to each subject. The collection was
compiled by Sridhara Dasa, and was completed by him in 1205 A.D. (cf.
Rajendralala Mitra, Notices of Skt. MSS, vol. 3, p. 134, no. 1180, Calcutta,
1876). The Saduktikarnāmṛta is being edited in the Bibliotheca Indica
Series by Rämävatāra Śarmā; the first fascicle, containing 376 stanzas
(seventy-five full divisions of five stanzas each, and the first stanza of the
seventy-sixth division), was published in Calcutta, in 1912. Thomas's
analysis (given in his Kavindravacanasamuccaya, introd., p. 67-68) shows
that only four stanzas in the Saduktikarnamṛta bear Mayūra's name.
These four occur in the first part of that work, and I cite them here from
Sarma's edition. 2. On the burning of Tripura, the triple city of the
demons, by the flaming arrows of Siva, see Candīšataka, stanza 16, note 3.
3. The meter of this stanza is the fardalavikridita. The following variant
is given by Thomas, who cites the stanza in his Kavindravacanasamuccaya,
introd., p. 67, n. 3: (c) aloke.