प्रास्ताविकावलासः ।
२२
पड्कैर्बिना सरो भाति सदः खलजनैर्विना ।
कदुवर्णैर्विना काव्यं मानसं विषयैरविना ॥ ११५ ॥
तत्त्वं किमपि काव्यानां जानाति विरलो भुवि ।
मार्मिकः को मरन्दानामन्तरेण मधुव्रतम् ॥ ११६ ॥
सरजस्कां पाण्डुवर्णी कण्टकमकरान्विताम् ।
केतकी सेवसे हम्त कथं रोलम्व निस्तरपः ॥ ११७ ॥
यथा तानं विना रागो यथा मान विना नृपः ।
यथा दानं विना हस्ती तथा ज्ञानं विना यतिः ॥ ११८ ॥
सन्तः स्वतः प्रकाशन्ते गुणा न परतो नृणाम् ।
आमोदो नहि कस्तूय्याः शपथेन विभाव्यते ॥ ११९ ॥
like the silk-cotton tree adorned with the splendour of
a pparently charming flowers.
115
A lake looks to advantage in the absence of
mnd ; an assembly, in the absence of rogues ; a poem,
in the absence of ungentle words; and the mind, in the
absence of (attachment to ) worldly objects.
116 Few in the world know the indeseribable
quintesssence of poems.
appreciate the (qualities of ) flower-juice ?
117 Why dost thou. O bee, having cast aside all
shame, enjoy the Ketaki-flower which possesses pollens,
is
Who except the bee can
in colour, and bristles with a crowd of thorns ?
grey
118 As a tune (is futile ) without the modulant
( tāna ), as a king without honour, as an elephant
without ichor-so is an ascetic without knowledge.
119 Merits of men, if there are any (a:), shine
out themselves and not from others. The fragrance
of musk is surely never proclaimed by oaths!