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

130 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
For a clear idea of the said four figures of
speech according to later rhetoricians see our Notes
on Chandrāloka.
प्रेयोऽलंकारः (13)
प्रेयो गृहागतं कृष्णमवादीद्विदुरो यथा ।
अद्य या मम गोविन्द जाता त्वयि गृहागते ।
कालेनैषा भवेत्प्रीतिस्तवैवागमनात्पुनः ॥ ५॥
5. Preyas (Expression of pleasure) is illustrat-
ed by what Vidura said to Kṛṣṇa when he came to
his home. ‘O Govinda, the pleasure that I derive
to-day from your arrival at my home will arise in
course of time only when you come again.’
5. The author gives an illustration of Preyas
without giving its definition. Preyas is an exuber-
ant display of Prīti as exhibited by Vidura’s state-
ment to Kṛṣṇa when he came to his home. This
verse is cited by Daṇḍin in Kāvyādarśa II—276 to
illustrate प्रेयोऽलंकार and by Appayya Dīkṣita in
Chitramīmāṁsā to illustrate अनन्वयध्वनि. This verse
is not exactly found in the Mahābhārata where it
runs thus—या मे प्रीतिः पुष्कराक्ष त्वद्दर्शनसमुद्भवा । सा किमाख्यायते
तुभ्यमन्तरात्मासि देहिनाम् ॥ Udyoga Parva 88, Verse 24; also
repeated as the last verse of chapter 91, both in
P. C. Roy’s edition.