मधुराविजयम् /94
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The real and ultimate purpose was the vindication of Dharma and
the saving of the world. It is the same even here. Dasaratha
taught art of Government (Rajaneeti) to Rama; so also Bukkaraja
to Kamparaja. There are a few points of resemblance with Raghu
dynasty even here. When Kusa left Ayodya and went to Kusa-
vathi from where he began to administer, the presiding deity of
Ayodhya appeared before Kusa at dead of night and implored
him to save her. Similarly the presiding deity of Madhura
narrated the atrocities of the Muslims and implored for being
saved from them. Like the former, the latter also, made her
appearance at midnight. Even as Dileepa performed rituals for
Raghu, so Bukkaraja did for Kamparaya. Even as Pumsavana
Samskara was performed to Sudakshina, so it was done to this
queen also. While Kampana was ruling over Kanchipuram, he
bid Gangadevi to describe the rise of the Moon. It is stated that
she did so in a manner highly stimulative of their romance.
This story also bears resemblance with that in Naishadham.
There, Nala asks his queen Damayanti to describe the rising Moon.
She also did so in a very stimulative manner and won the appro-
bation and favour of her husband. It can, therefore, be said that
this theme has been on the analogy of the themes in 'Ramayana'
and 'Naishadha' if the imaginative aspect is taken into consideration.
Descriptive Aspect
The following descriptions find place in this work: viz.,
descriptions of the king, of the capital, of morning sickness, of birth,
of childhood, of youth, of invasions, of horses, of seasons, of
spring, of the gathering of the flowers, of swimming baths, of the
setting of the Sun and the rising of the Moon, of the atrocities of
the Muslims and of battles.
the saving of the world. It is the same even here. Dasaratha
taught art of Government (Rajaneeti) to Rama; so also Bukkaraja
to Kamparaja. There are a few points of resemblance with Raghu
dynasty even here. When Kusa left Ayodya and went to Kusa-
vathi from where he began to administer, the presiding deity of
Ayodhya appeared before Kusa at dead of night and implored
him to save her. Similarly the presiding deity of Madhura
narrated the atrocities of the Muslims and implored for being
saved from them. Like the former, the latter also, made her
appearance at midnight. Even as Dileepa performed rituals for
Raghu, so Bukkaraja did for Kamparaya. Even as Pumsavana
Samskara was performed to Sudakshina, so it was done to this
queen also. While Kampana was ruling over Kanchipuram, he
bid Gangadevi to describe the rise of the Moon. It is stated that
she did so in a manner highly stimulative of their romance.
This story also bears resemblance with that in Naishadham.
There, Nala asks his queen Damayanti to describe the rising Moon.
She also did so in a very stimulative manner and won the appro-
bation and favour of her husband. It can, therefore, be said that
this theme has been on the analogy of the themes in 'Ramayana'
and 'Naishadha' if the imaginative aspect is taken into consideration.
Descriptive Aspect
The following descriptions find place in this work: viz.,
descriptions of the king, of the capital, of morning sickness, of birth,
of childhood, of youth, of invasions, of horses, of seasons, of
spring, of the gathering of the flowers, of swimming baths, of the
setting of the Sun and the rising of the Moon, of the atrocities of
the Muslims and of battles.