Golden Steps To Salvation

SR No.: 008710
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 224
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Religion
File Size: 12 MB

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down in a garden outside the city. The next day thie great poet sent a sloka (a poem) to King Bhoja by his wife. The king read the poem.
कुमुदवनमपनि श्रीमदम्भोजखण्डम ecofa gam*: ffantsara14:1 उदयमहिमरश्मिर्याति शीतांशुरस्तम् हतविधिलसितानां ही विचित्रोविपाकः ।।
- frazarata. Kumūdavanamapashri Srimadambhojakhandam Tyajati Mudamulukaḥ Přítīmānshchakravākah Udayamahimarashmiryanti Sitāṁsurastam Hatavidilasitanām hi Vichitrovipakah.
--Shishupalavadham “Tlic Kumuda flowers, the flowers that bloom in moonlight, have faded; the sunflowers, that bloom at dawn are smiling and opening their faces and are graceful and beautiful. The cheerfulness of the owl is disappearing (because it can see things only in the night); and the Chakravaka bird is chcerful and happy; the sun is rising and the moon is setting. The lot of those who are in misfortune is really strange."
In this śloka (stanza) under the pretext of describing the dawn, the poet by means of subtle and highly suggestive symbolism conveyed to the king that he (the king) was in prosperity; and that they (the poet and his wife) were in adversity; that he ate delicious and rich food and lived in luxury while they were suffering the agonies of hu .ger and poverty. In this manner, he placed before the king indirectly, his agony and sorrow. The stanza gave an expression at the same time to surprise and sorrow. The avyaya (the adjunct) T (hi) used in the poem was an excellent pun suggestive of surprise as well as sorrow; and the cleverness of the pun pleased the king immensely because he had a fine taste for excellences in poetry. The king was pleased by the employment of the expression (hi) and at once he gave