Vol. VI, No. 4.] Rasiapaasana . 171 



[N.S.] 



In the fourth pada we have ^Btqrfaf^fr f^TT VTO ( = ^T^^n^r: 



f^T ^TOJJ), i.e. ' may the ruler of the earth be victorious \ which 



undoubtedly refers to a contemporary king, perhaps the patron 

 of the poet himself. Unfortunately it was not possible for me to 

 make out the name of the king in the verse, the letters being 

 illegible. Although our poet does not refer to other poets by 

 name, yet that he is indebted to some of then} for a few of his 

 ideas will be evident from the following parallelisms : 



m jtNkh nfcm *t*f far? ^ ^wn?: &qw\ b \< ii 



" A composition is not good simply because it is old. Nor 

 is it despicable because it is new. Who, that are noble, will 

 praise or condemn a thing without due examination ?" 





" Everything (composition) is not good simply because it is 

 old. Nor is a composition unworthy of praise (or fit to be 

 condemned) because it is new. The wise (critics) having made 

 a due examination adopt the one or the other. The blockhead 

 has his judgment guided by the conviction of others," 



(Kalidasa's Mdlavikagnimitra L 2.) 



II. *Tif33-*nTf^8rT fk**m farft f* ^fa; wystott i 



«TfW cT^Ptff^T JB 3g f%f*raraj*Bl WEST* B *8 II 

 [ HT^fl^ ijf^TcTT f%*W*?I 3*% : «ff«I HWfa *«*U*lf 



" Even the composition of a boy attains greater excellence 

 when imparted to a good recipient. The well- flourishing of 

 the crop does not surely require the good qualities of the hus- 

 bandman." 



*! Wl%: WVfcTT 3H*raWW% 1 ^ R 



