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DESENVORDAN RE
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MADHURAVIJAYAM
learning is demonstrated by the production of as many
as seventyfour poetic compositions?
15. We respectfully greet the great poet Gangā-
dhara as a second Vyāsa, in that he has made the story
of the Bharata actually seen by the device of dramati-
zation.
16. May the lord of poets, Visvanatha, flourish
long; for it is by his grace, even in individuals like my-
self, has dawned a sense of omniscience.
Slökās 17 to 24: Ganga Devi on literary criticism.
17. There is sense in some, idea in some, and sen-
timent in some; but nowhere is found a work where all
these exist together.
18. Even as a single salt particle from an oyster-
shell spoils the liquid essence of black sandal, so too,
even the smallest flaw found in a poetic work renders
it censurable.
19. Just as an ugly woman, though virtuous, is
not pleasing to her husband, a faultless poetic compo-
sition, if devoid of qualities (fineness), does not satisfy
the man of learning.
20. A vile man searches for faults in a poetic
composition, in disregard of its merits, even as the crow
shows a preference to the nimba (fruit) without caring
for the mango in the forest.
21. How long can a plagiarist dally with poesy
obtained by stealing? For shortlived is the radiance of
artificial colouring in a fictitious stone.
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MADHURAVIJAYAM
learning is demonstrated by the production of as many
as seventyfour poetic compositions?
15. We respectfully greet the great poet Gangā-
dhara as a second Vyāsa, in that he has made the story
of the Bharata actually seen by the device of dramati-
zation.
16. May the lord of poets, Visvanatha, flourish
long; for it is by his grace, even in individuals like my-
self, has dawned a sense of omniscience.
Slökās 17 to 24: Ganga Devi on literary criticism.
17. There is sense in some, idea in some, and sen-
timent in some; but nowhere is found a work where all
these exist together.
18. Even as a single salt particle from an oyster-
shell spoils the liquid essence of black sandal, so too,
even the smallest flaw found in a poetic work renders
it censurable.
19. Just as an ugly woman, though virtuous, is
not pleasing to her husband, a faultless poetic compo-
sition, if devoid of qualities (fineness), does not satisfy
the man of learning.
20. A vile man searches for faults in a poetic
composition, in disregard of its merits, even as the crow
shows a preference to the nimba (fruit) without caring
for the mango in the forest.
21. How long can a plagiarist dally with poesy
obtained by stealing? For shortlived is the radiance of
artificial colouring in a fictitious stone.