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

126 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
93. Some say that Svabhāvokti (natural de-
scription) is also a figure of speech. A natural de-
scription is to describe a thing as it is. Example
follows.
93. This verse introduces the Alaṁkāra known
as Svabhāvokti, a natural description. The descrip-
tion of a child and her movements, lions in a jump-
ing posture, horses galloping, birds flying, deer in
an attentive mood, in short, of anything doing an
action consistent with its nature comes under the
head of Svabhāvokti.
आक्रोशन्नाह्वयन्नन्यानाधावन्मण्डलै रुदन् ।
गो वारयेति दण्डेन डिम्भः सस्यावतारिणीः ॥ ९४ ॥
94. By crying out, by calling, by walking to-
wards in circles and by weeping the child prevents
the cows entering into the crops with his stick.
94. An illustration of Svabhāvokti. This re-
fers to the series of acts done by a boy engaged in
watching a field to safeguard the crops from moles-
tation by cows and bulls. In the place of रुदन् at the
end of the first half of the verse there is also the
reading नुदन्.
समासेनोदितमिदं धीखेदायैव विस्तरः ।
असंगृहीतमप्यन्यदभ्यूह्यमनया दिशा ॥ ९५ ॥
95. This has been expounded in brief. An
elaboration will only cause worry to the brain. That