काव्यालङ्कार (आचार्य भामह - भारतीय काव्यशास्त्र एवं अलङ्कार-सिद्धान्त मूल महाग्रन्थ सटीक)

SECOND PARICCHEDA 89
son of a fragment of splendour in common it is
compared to the Moon itself.
44. The Moon and a lady’s face are generally
compared. But do they agree in their degrees of
brilliance? By a fragment of lustre a lady’s face is
compared to the moon. An all-round resemblance
is incompatible.
किंच काव्यानि नेयानि लक्षणेन महात्मनाम् ।
दृष्टं वा सर्वसारूप्यं राजमित्रे यथोदितम् ॥ ४५ ॥
45. Further the compositions of great poets
have to be explained in conformity with the rules.
Is absolute similarity seen anywhere ? In Rāja-
mitra we have the following.
45. Poems of great poets which are accepted
as the best specimen of poetry can be justified only
by a not too rigorous application of definitions. दृष्टं
वा सर्वसारूप्यं Is an entire similarity seen anywhere?
Rājamitra is a poetic work from which the next
verse is cited which illustrates an exemption from
the defect of हीन. Rājamitra is not available now.
The work is referred to again later on in III—10.
समाहितं राजमित्रे यथा क्षत्रिययोषिताम् ।
रामप्रसत्त्यै यान्तीनां पुरोऽदृश्यत नारदः ॥
From this reference it may be inferred that
the work राजमित्रं deals with the history of Paraśu-