वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

4　　　　　　　　　VĀSAVADATTĀ twelfth-century Śrīkaṇṭhacarita of Maṅkha contains the stanza (2. 53) : mēṇṭhē svardviradādhirōhiṇi vaśaṁ yātē subandhāu vidhēḥ śāntē hanta ca bhāravāu vighaṭitē bāṇē viṣādaspr̥śaḥ vāgdēvyā viramantu mantuvidhurā drāg dr̥ṣṭayaś cēṣṭatē śiṣṭaḥ kaścana sa prasādayati tāṁ yadvāṇisadvāṇinī, ‘Mēṇṭha having mounted the elephant of the sky [i.e., having died], Subandhu having yielded to the will of destiny, Bhāravi, alas, being at rest, and Bāṇa being broken, let the reason-reft glances of the sorrow-stricken goddess of speech [Sarasvatī] quickly find repose; for any one left that bestirreth himself doth win her, to whose voice she is a goodly dancer.’ Two centuries later, Śārṅgadhara, quoting Rājaśēkhara (cf. above, p. 1), who flourished about 900 A. D., in his Paddhati (cf. Aufrecht, ‘Ueber die Paddhati von Çārṅgadhara,’ in ZDMG. 27.77; Śārṅgadha- rapaddhati, ed. Peterson, 1. No. 188, Bombay, 1888), made the citation : bhāsō rāmilasāumilāu vararuciḥ śrīsāhasāṅkaḥ kavir mēṇṭhō bhāravikālidāsataralāḥ skandhaḥ subandhuś ca yaḥ daṇḍī bāṇadivākarāu gaṇapatiḥ kāntaś ca ratnākaraḥ siddhā yasya sarasvatī bhagavatī kē tasya sarvē ’pi tē, ‘Bhāsa, Rāmila, Sāumila, Vararuci, the poet Sāhasāṅka, Mēṇṭha, Bhāravi, Kālidāsa, Tarala, Skandha, and Subandhu, Daṇḍin, Bāṇa, Divākara, Gaṇapati, and the charming Ratnākara,—what are all they to him by whom the exalted Sarasvatī is possessed’? Rājaśēkhara also refers to Subandhu in the following stanza quoted by Aufrecht (ZDMG. 36. 366) from the Saduktikarṇā- mr̥ta (cf. also Peterson and Durgāprasāda, Subhāṣitāvali of Vallabhadeva, Introd., p. 57, Bombay, 1886; Krishnamachariar, Introd., p. 41) : subandhāu bhaktir naḥ ka iha raghukārē na ramatē dhr̥tir dākṣīputrē harati haricandrō ’pi hr̥dayam viśuddhōktiḥ śūraḥ prakr̥timadhurā bhāravigiras tathā ’py antarmōdaṁ kam api bhavabhūtir vitanutē,