(3) corner in a palace, as it were, where he sits surrounded witi pleasures appropriate to every season, his body confined to a be and cushions, but his fancy soaring and active. Further, love and ove alone dominates the whole range of descriptions in th Ritusamhar. Kalidasa's fancy of course turns to love in any seaso: nd that too rather lightly. But my point is that the description ere lack that variety which is to be seen in his other works. Then, again, may I hazard one suggestion to the author ? In his econd edition of this book, or even as an appendix to the presen -olume, he may devote one part to a selection of some of the imiles and metaphors for which Kalidas is so pre-eminetly and leservedly famous. The author will agree with me when I say
no other Sanskrit poet it is possible to find such happ:
xpressive similes and metaphors. Of course I cannot pretend to ave read my Kalidas as critically as Mr. Padhye seems to hav ene. But I will just give a few references to the wealth o Jpamâ nâs which Kalidas displays in his poems and other works would specially note one point, namely, that by no other poet Lave these Upamânâs been drawn so intimately and so successfully som religious literature and religious philosophy as has been done by Kalidas, He compares वैवस्वत Manu to प्रणव among छन्दाs - R. 1, 11 ) स ददर्श तपोनिधिम् । अन्वासितमरुन्धत्या । स्वाहयेव हविर्भुजम् । ( Raghu 1-56) श्रुतेरिवार्थ स्मृतिरन्वगच्छत् । (R. 2-2) श्रद्धेव साक्षाद्विधिनोपपन्ना । (R.2-16) त्रिसाधना शक्तिरिवार्थमक्षयम् । (R. 3-13)
