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

SECOND PARICCHEDA 91
homes. On the Upameya side मुखेषु is qualified by
three attributes. On the Upamāna side there are
no corresponding features adjectival to खगेहेषु. Then
does this exhibit the defect of हीन ? No. दीनेषु will
apply equally to खगेहेषु. The widow's homes are
miserable. What about the other two attributes ?
सूर्यांशु etc. and पद्मानिल etc. are only symptoms contri-
buting to the depression prevailing in the peacocks'
faces. Without those adjectives दीनेषु will be puzzl-
ing. So there is necessity for the Upamāna to be
augmented by additional factors. No such necessity
arises on the Upamāna side. It is as clear as cry-
stal that recently widowed ladies' homes will be
miserable. So this comes under the exemption
provided by Daṇḍin in यत्रोद्वेगो न धीमताम्. Vāmana in
his Kāvyālaṁkāra (IV-ii-10) cites this verse with
the following comment—अत्र बहुत्वमुपमेयधर्माणामुपमानात् । न ।
विशिष्टानामेव मुखानामुपमेयत्वात् । तादृशेष्वेव केकाविनाशस्य संभवात् ।
असंभवः (ii)
निष्पेतुरस्यादिव तस्य दीप्ताः
शरा धनुर्मण्डलेमध्यभाजः ।
जाज्वल्यमाना इव वारिधारा
दिनार्धभाजः परिवेषिणोऽर्कात् ॥ ४७ ॥
शाखावर्धनस्य ।
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