विश्वगुणादर्श - पद्य गद्य

पद्यं यद्यपि विद्यते बहु सतां हृद्यं विगद्यं न तत्
    गद्यं च प्रतिपद्यते न विजहत्पद्यं बुधास्वाद्यताम् ।
आदत्ते हि तयोः प्रयोग उभयोरामोदभूमोदयं
    संगः कस्य हि न स्वदेत मनसे माध्वीकमृद्वीकयोः ॥

- विश्वगुणादर्श

padyam yadyapi vodyate bahu satAm hRudyam vigadyam na tat
    gadyaM cha pratipadyate na vijahat padyam budhA asvAdyatAm ।
Adatte hi tayoH prayoga ubhayoH amoda bhUmodayam
    sangaH kasya hi na svadeta manase mAdhvika mRudvIkayoH ॥

- vishvaguNAdarsha

There are many poems. But most people will not enjoy works that have only poems without any prose (vyAkhyAna?). Similarly scholars do not like a lot of prose without any poems in between. It is more pleasurable only when both of them are used together. Who will not like a dish that has mixed both honey and sweet grapes?

- Vishvagunadarsha

शिशुपालवध - प्रबंधो

बह्वपि स्वेच्छया कामं प्रकीर्णमभिधीयते ।
अनुज्झितार्थसंबंधः प्रबंधो दुरुदाहरः ॥

- शिशुपालवध

bahvapi sveccheyA kAmam prakIrNam abhidhIyate ।
anujjhitArtha sambandhaH prabandho durudAharaH ॥

- shishupAlavadha

It is easy to talk freely about irrelevant things. Anybody can do it. It is very hard to choose a topic and create a well composed prose on it.

- Shishupalavadha