Madhurāvijayam of Gaṅgādevī /97

MADwhich imparts immediate enjoyment to men of good
taste.
 
7. Who are the poets that do not play the role of
a slave to Kālidāsa? For even now those that are, live
by his ideas.
 
8. HURAVIJAYA M
 
which imparts immediate enjoyment to men of good
 
taste.
 
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7. Who are the poets that do not play the role of
a slave to Kalidasa? For even now those that are, live
by his ideas.
 
8. How could others comprehend the eloquence

of Bhaṭṭa Banāṇa, which captivates like the musical sound

of the vinaīṇā played by Saraswati's own hand?
 

 
9. Just as the garland of vakula flowers yields its

sweet fragrance only when pressed, so too, the language

of Bhaāravi discloses its excellence and gives delight to
the learned only if pondered upon.
 

the learned only if pondered upon.
 
10. The flourish of expressions of Açārya

Dandṇḍin, drunk (as it were) with the wealth of nectar,

shines like the fashionable precious stone-mirror of the

Creator's Spouse.
 

 
11. I fancy that Bhavabhūti's compositions must

be some species of Kāmadhēnu; for they produce in the

ears of the learned a pleasure akin to the drinking of

ambrosia.
 

 
12. Whom would the expressions of the poet of

Karṇāmṛta fail to delight--expressions which are an

ocean of honey flowing from the flower clusters of the

mandāra tree?
 

 
13. Even as the thirsty <error>cāköraōrā</error><fix>cākōra</fix> birds love to drink

the rays of the moon, poets find immense relish in the

composition of Kavi Tikkayya.
 

 
14. Breathes there the man of learning who will

not be jealous of the poet Agastya whose wealth of