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

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in plenty; great men confer benefits on others. This
is an instance of श्लिष्ट arising from सहोक्ति or समुच्चय or
co-ordination in a common predicate.
उन्नता लोकदयिता महान्तः प्राज्यवर्षिणः ।
शमयन्ति क्षितेस्तापं सुराजानो घना इव ॥ १९ ॥
19. Eminent (risen high up), dear to the world,
great and showering in plenty, good kings like
clouds quell the torment of the world.
19. This illustrates Śliṣṭa arising from उपमा.
Good kings quell the torment of the world like
clouds. Here also the Upamāna and the Upameya
are qualified by four adjectives having double mean-
ings. (1) उन्नताः Clouds are risen aloft: good kings
are lofty in character. (2) लोकदयिताः Clouds endear
the world by their showers; good kings endear their
subjects by benign rule. (3) महान्तः Clouds are huge
as they mass together; good kings are great. (4)
प्राज्यवर्षिणः Clouds shower in plenty; good kings are
munificent. क्षितेस्तापं शमयन्ति represents the common
action predicated. घना इव brings out the simile
which supports the श्लिष्टालंकार.
रत्नवत्वादगाधत्वात् स्वमर्यादाऽविलङ्घनात् ।
बहुसत्त्वाश्रयत्वाच्च सदृशस्त्वमुदन्वता ॥ २० ॥
20. By possessing the best of every thing
(gems), by being unfathomable, by keeping within