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

SECOND PARICCHEDA 93
तत्रासंभाविनाऽर्थेन कः कुर्यादुपमां कृती ।
को नाम वह्निनौपम्यं कुर्वीत शशलक्ष्मणः ॥ ४९ ॥
49. Which clever man will describe an ana-
logy with an impossible thing ? Who will draw an
analogy of the Moon with fire ?
49. A comparison with impossible things re-
flects great lack of wit on the part of an author.
यस्यातिशयवानर्थः कथं सोऽसंभवो मतः ।
इष्टं चातिशयार्थत्वमुपमोत्प्रेक्षयोर्यथा ॥ ५० ॥
50. But where the idea of intensity is sought
to be conveyed, how will it amount to impossibility ?
An idea of immensity is welcome in Upamā and
Utprekshā. Example follows:—
50. An exemption from the defect of असंभव is
laid down here in cases where intensity or some
superior merit is intended to be conveyed. The
author says that such analogies often occur in
Upamā and Utprekshā.
पुञ्जीभूतमिव ध्वान्तमेष भाति मतङ्गजः ।
सरः शरत्प्रसन्नाम्भो नभःखण्डमिवोज्झितम् ॥ ५१ ॥
51. This elephant shines like darkness con-
densed. The tank with waters clear in autumn ap-
pears as though it were a fragment of the sky cast
down.