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

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विद्रुमस्य छेदः, तस्य भाः तया सहितः अधरः. Or विद्रुमच्छेदभासा can be
treated as adjectival to बिम्बफलेन. विद्रुमच्छेदस्येव भाः यस्य तेन
बिम्बफलेन. If अधरः be compared to विद्रुमः or विद्रुमच्छेदः there
will be no occasion at all for लिङ्गभेद. ननु in the verse
indicates the starting of an objection. Now Verse 56
sets out an objection relating to लिङ्गभेद, and Verse 57
gives the answer. Why are these two verses placed
after the treatment of विपर्यय and not immediate-
ly after लिङ्गभेद which will be their natural place ?
Answer. The author in Verse 52 deals with three
faults in a batch and gives examples for the same
in Verses 53, 54 & 55 at a stretch. Therefore the
present objection and answer in Verses 56 & 57
respectively could not have been inserted in the
middle.
लिङ्गभेदे समाधानम् ।
उच्यते काममस्त्विदं किंतु स्त्रीपुंसयोरयम् ।
विधिर्नाभिमतोऽन्यैस्तु त्रयाणामपि नेष्यते ॥ ५७ ॥
57. We answer. No doubt such is the case.
But an analogy is prohibited only between males
and females (objects in the masculine and feminine
genders). Others disapprove of analogy in cases of
disparity in all the three genders.
57. उच्यते starts the answer. कामं अस्तीदं No doubt
such usages are frequent. The answer is that the
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