Kalidasa,
the celebrated author of Malavikagnimitam is a masterly describer of the
influence which Nature exercises upon the minds of cannosiers (readers). Simple and lucid, the style of Kalidasa is the most charming and elegant in the whole field of Sanskrit literature. Malavikagnimitram the play of Kalidasa shows
that the composing skill of Kalidasa who was just rising and had to fight his
way into the galaxy of poets against current prejudies.
Let us know about the
first verse from the play Malavikagnimitam:
एकैशेवर्ये
स्थितोऽपि प्रणतबहुफले यः स्वयं कृत्तिवासाः
कान्तासम्मिश्रदेहोऽप्यविषयमनसां
यः परस्ताद्यतीनाम् ।
अष्टाभिर्यस्य
कृत्स्नं जगदपि तनुभिर्बिभ्रतो नाभिमानः
सन्मार्गालोकनाय
व्यपनयतु स वस्तामसीं वृत्तिमीशः॥1॥
May that Lord Siva dispel your state of darkness for your perception of the
righteous-path. He is the Lord who though
situate in sole supremacy profusely fruitful to the reverent, He is who himself
the wearer of the skin of an elephant, who, though possessed of a body
completely united with His spouse, He who transcends the ascetics whose minds
are proof to sensuous appetite and He, who though holding the entire universe
utilizing His eight limbs, is possessed no egotism.
(This picture was drawn by me.)
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