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

112 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
. 77. Where an action is negatived but its re-
sult accrues, it is known as Vibhāvanā, provided
an explanation is easy.
77. According to later Alaṁkāra works the ac-
crual of an effect without a cause amounts to विभावना
and its antithesis viz., the non-accrual of an effect
notwithstanding the full complement of causes
amounts to विशेषोक्ति. Cf:—
विभावना विनापि स्यात्कारणं कार्यजन्म चेत् ।
अस्त्रैरतीक्ष्णकठिनैर्जगज्जयति मन्मथः ॥
कार्याजनिर्विशेषोक्तिः सति पुष्कलकारणे ।
हृदि स्नेहक्षयो नाभूत्स्मरदीपे ज्वलत्यपि ॥
विशेषोक्ति is later on dealt with by our author
in Verse 23 of the 3rd Paricchheda. There is no
antithesis between the two Alaṁkāras according to
him. In fact the treatment of these figures of speech
by our author proceeds on different lines from those
set out by later rhetoricians. According to Bhāmaha
three ingredients are necessary for विभावना—the
negation of an action, the accrual of its effect and
an explanation of the strange phenomenon which
can be easily conceived of by the reader. Udbhaṭa's
definition of विभावना is exactly the same as Bhāma-
ha's.
अपीतमत्ताः शिखिनो दिशोऽनुत्कण्ठिताकुलाः ।
नीपोऽविलिप्तसुरभिरभ्रष्टकलुषं जलम् ॥ ७८ ॥