The desire for recognition and validation is natural for artists, but when that desire becomes intertwined with a competitive mindset, it can create fertile ground for jealousy. Competition in the world of poetry, like in many artistic fields, can foster jealousy due to the inherent nature of comparison and the desire for recognition. When poets strive for the same goals – publication, awards, acclaim – and perceive others as having an advantage, feelings of envy and resentment can arise. This nature of the poets were besutifully described in following Sanskrit lines :
कवयः परितुष्यन्ति नेतरे कविसूक्तिभिः |
नह्यकूपारवत्कूपा वर्धन्ते विधुकान्तिभिः ||
Kavayah paritushyanti netare kavisooktibhih.
Nahyakoopaarvatkoopaa vardhante vidhukaantibhih.
Kavayah = poets.
Paritushyanti = be quite satisfied.
Netare = na + itare.
Na = not.
Itare = another.
Kavisooktibhih = Kavi + sooktibhih.
Kavi = poet.
Sooktibhih = beautiful verses.
Nahyakoopaaravatkoopaa = nahi + akoopaara + vat + koopaa.
Nahi = not.
Akoopaar = the Ocean.
Vat = like (implying resemblence).
Vardhante = grow, exalted.
Vidhukaantibhh = vidhu + kaantibhih.
Vidhu = moon.
Kaantibhih = beauty splendour.
i.e. The level of water in a well does not increase like that of the ocean by facing the bright and beautiful Moon. Likewise, poets are also not satisfied at the beautiful verses composed by other poets.
Through this Sanskrit verses the author has indirectly praised the noble and virtuous persons, who are elated by observing the progress of other persons, unlike mean persons,who are envious at the progress of others. This fact has been highlighted by the use of a simile of the Ocean and full moon. When the moon is the most articular on the full -day date, the water level increases due to the gravity of the moon in the sea due to the gravity of the moon. In the same way, a noble and virtous person is also happy to see the prosperity of another person. But the competition and jealousy in poets are so high that they are not pronounced by the poems of other poets, although they process them in external behavior. They have been compared to wells who do not have a tide similar to the sea. Here, the simile of a well has been skillfully used for the poets.
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