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MADHURAVIJAYA 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 Bana, which captivates like the musical sound
of the vina 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 Bharavi discloses its excellence and gives delight to
the learned only if pondered upon.
 
10. The flourish of expressions of Açārya
Dandin, 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 cāköra 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