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

THIRD PARICCHEDA 133
गृहेष्वध्वसु वा नान्नं भुञ्ज्महे यदधीतिनः ।
न³ भुञ्जते ²द्विजास्तच्च रसदाननिवृत्तये ॥ ९ ॥
8 & 9. Paryāyokta is the expression of an idea
in an other than straightforward manner. In Ratnā-
haraṇa the Śāṅga-bowed Kṛṣṇa said to Śiśupāla,
king of Chedis, 'We do not eat the food which the
learned Brahmins have not first eaten, either at
home or in our sojourns.' This is spoken in order
to avoid the administration of poison (in the food).
8 & 9. पर्यायोक्तं is a polite statement, for exam-
ple, where a person rejects the wish of another in
terms which do not expressly negative the request
but have the same effect. रत्नाहरणं is obviously an
ancient work. There Śiśupāla offers food to Kṛṣṇa.
Suspecting it to be mixed with poison, Kṛṣṇa re-
jects it in polite language. He says, 'It is our prin-
ciple to eat food only after offering it first to Brah-
mins and making them partake of it.' Śiśupāla
might retort that that is a principle to be observed
at home and not while halting at a distant place.
Kṛṣṇa's answer is that his rule applies both at
home and abroad. Accordingly he says अध्वसु वा after
गृहेषु. अधीतिनः Persons learned in Vedas. तच्च रसदाननिवृत्तये
is the observation of the author. रस means poison.
The author gives out the motive of Kṛṣṇa in reject-
ing the food offered by Śiśupāla. This verse with
its source as Bhāmaha is referred to in Dhvanyāloka