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

4 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
Poetry yields results not only to the author but
also to the reader. This verse with the same modi-
fication is cited in Dhvanyāloka Lochana, N. S. P.
Edition, Page 12. Note the adjective साधु to काव्य.
It is only good poetry that will confer the benefits
mentioned. The śāstraic prohibition—काव्यालापांश्च वर्जयेत्
refers to bad poetry. The purposes of poetry have
been enumerated by the author of Kāvya Prakāśa
on much the same lines as follows:—काव्यं यशसेऽर्थकृते
व्यवहारविदे शिवेतरक्षतये। सद्यः परनिर्वृतये कान्तासंमिततयोपदेशयुजे॥
अधनस्येव दातृत्वं क्लीबस्येवास्त्रकौशलम्।
अज्ञस्येव प्रगल्भत्वमकवेः शास्त्रवेदनम् ॥ ३ ॥
3. The knowledge of science to one who is-
not a poet is like the munificence of a penniless
person, the skill of arms to one impotent to handle
them and pomposity of an unlettered person.
3. 'क्लीवः means a eunuch; in the context, one
unable to handle weapons.
विनयेन विना का श्रीः का निशा शशिना विना।
रहिता सत्कवित्वेन कीदृशी वाग्विदग्धता ॥ ४ ॥
4. What is wealth without modesty? What
is night without the Moon? What is proficiency in
speech without good poetry?
4. विनयेन विना का श्रीः. Vide parallel:—विद्या हृद्यापि
सावद्या विना विनयसंपदा. का निशा शशिना विना. Cf. त्रियामा शशिनह्