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

FIRST PARICCHHEDA 3
and proficiency in arts and contributes to pleasure
and fame.
2. This verse deals with the benefits accruing
from good poetry. It refers first to the attainment
of the fourfold पुरुषार्थs or ends in life viz., धर्म, अर्थ, काम
and मोक्ष—Virtue, wealth, enjoyments and salvation.
वैचक्षण्यं ‘Proficiency’ is to be taken along with both
the preceding and the succeeding words. कला An
art. Poetry confers proficiency in arts as well.
प्रीति or æsthetic pleasure is the next benefit said to
accrue from poetry. Next कीर्ति or fame is referred
to. Of all these benefits प्रीति or æsthetic pleasure
is the greatest benefit derived according to आलंकारिकs,
some of whom even go the length of saying that it
is the sole purpose of poetry. For आनन्द is the end
and aim of every individual and all other purposes
play only a subordinate part to it. In fact the
author of Daśarūpaka ridicules the idea of describ-
ing the attainment of the fourfold पुरुषार्थs as the pur-
pose of poetry in the following verse.
आनन्दनिष्यन्दिषु रूपकेषु व्युत्पत्तिमात्रं फलमल्पबुद्धिः ।
योऽपीतिहासादिवदाह साधुस्तस्मै नमः स्वादुपराङ्मुखाय ॥
साधुकाव्यनिबन्धनं करोति The composition of good poetry
yields all these results. Sāhityadarpaṇa cites this
verse of Bhāmaha with the modification of साधु-
काव्यनिबन्धनं into साधुकाव्यनिषेवणम्. निषेवणं is a comprehen-
sive word including both composition and study.