Text 102] Pastimes of Childhood and Youth 249
TRANSLATION
‘You are the most learned scholar and the topmost of all great poets, for other-
wise how could such fine poetry come from your mouth?
TEXT 100
COTA Sey CHa stay erOT-A1F |
coratare fa cartel anfe cafe Stan seo 4
tomara kavitva yena gahga-jala-dhara
tomd-sama kavi kotha nahi dekhi ara
SYNONYMS
tomara—your; kavitva—poetic ingenuity ; yena—like; garigd-jala-dhdra—the flowing
of the waters of the Ganges; tomd-sama—like you; kavi—poet; kothd—anywhere;
nahi—not; dekhi—| see; Gra—anyone else.
TRANSLATION
“Your poetic skill is like the constant flow of the waters of the Ganges. | find no
one in the world who can compete with you.
TEXT 101
Cagis, wscwa, ats stfaain |
SiHAA BHATT CTT CHITAR SHS Wed Hl
bhavabhiti, jayadeva, ara Ralidasa
tan-sabara kavitve ache dosera prakasa
SYNONYMS
bhavabhiiti—of the name Bhavabhiti; jayadeva—of the name Jayadeva; Gra—and;
kalidasa—of the name Kalidasa; taf-sabdra—of all of them; kavitve—in the poetic
power; @che-—there is; dosera—of faults; prakdsa—manifestation.
TRANSLATION
“Even in the poetic compositions of such great poets as Bhavabhiti, Jayadeva
and Kalidasa there are many examples of faults.
TEXT 102
crra-a-fasta— at ore aha” aif |
afag-qace aie, Syei oH ateifaty son
