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

138 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
15. This verse sets out an objection to treat-
ing श्लिष्ट as separate from रूपक. In Rūpaka too the
identity of Upamāna is ascribed to the Upameya.
कामं True. No doubt the objection arises. अत्र तु etc.
gives the answer by showing the contrast of this
Alaṁkāra from Rūpaka. The distinction is that in
Śliṣṭa the attributes of the Upamāna and Upameya
are set out by the same set of words whereas in
Rūpaka they are conveyed by different words. In
other words, in Śliṣṭa one and the same set of
words sets out the qualities of both Upamāna and
Upameya by reason of its double meaning. The aid
of double meaning is not invoked in Rūpaka. Each
attribute of the Upamāna is identified with another
attribute in Rūpaka. So the distinction is clear.
युगपत् Simultaneously. तन्त्रेण प्रयोगः.
शीकराम्भोमदसृजस्तुङ्गा जलददन्तिनः ।
इत्यत्र मेघकरिणां निर्देशः क्रियते समम् ॥ १६ ॥
16. 'The elephants of clouds, high up and dis-
charging ichor in the form of showers of water."
Here the reference to clouds and elephants is placed
on an equal footing.
16. The author refers to an illustration of
Rūpaka already given in II-23 and points out where
it differs from Śliṣṭa. There sprays of water
are identified with ichor, the former being the at-