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

106 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
`68. The negation of a thing wished to be stat-
ed with a view to emphasising a peculiarity is call-
ed आक्षेप. Its twofold division into वक्ष्यमाणविषय and
उक्तविषय has been set out in the previous verse. Their
examples are set out in the next two verses in order.
This and the next verse are cited by Abhinavagupta
in Lochana (page 36) while establishing that Āk-
shepa is not an instance of Dhvani.
अहं त्वां यदि नेक्षेय क्षणमप्युत्सुका ततः ।
इयदेवास्त्वतोऽन्येन किमुक्तेनाप्रियेण ते ॥ ६९ ॥
69. If I fail to see you even for a moment,
then, oh ! it is sufficient, why say further an un-
pleasant thing to you ?
69. The first half of the verse sets out the be-
ginning of a statement intended to be made by a
lady when her lover proposes to go to a distant
place. She begins with saying, 'if even for a mo-
ment I fail to see you, then in my anxiety.' She
stops there and says 'this will do. Why need say
further unpleasant news?' The idea is—she will die
in her anxiety due to separation. The prospect of
death is वक्ष्यमाण. It was originally wished to be
stated, but cut short by a negation. This negation
is calculated to emphasise the serious nature of the
consequences that will follow. So this is an example
of Ākshepa of the वक्ष्यमाणविषय type. Verse cited in