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

16 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
18. सर्गबन्धः Constituted of a number of sargas
or chapters. This is equated with Mahākāvya. अभिने-
यार्थ Whose contents can be staged. The whole Nā-
ṭaka literature comes under this class. आख्यायिका and
कथा are two species of prose works dealt with later
on. अनिबद्ध is sporadic poetry or stray verses not run-
ning into a chapter. In the place of काव्यादि in the
2nd half of the verse Mr. D. T. Tatacharya suggests
a better reading-काव्यज्ञैः. The five classes of काव्य men-
tioned in this verse are explained in order in 12
verses beginning from the next. सर्गबन्ध or Mahā-
kāvya is dealt with in Verses 19 to 23, अभिनेयार्थ in
Verse 24, आख्यायिका in Verses 25 to 27, कथा in Verses
28 & 29 and अनिबद्ध in Verse 30.
सर्गबन्धो महाकाव्यं महतां च महच्च यत् ।
अग्राम्यशब्दमर्थ्यं च सालंकारं सदाश्रयम् ॥ १९ ॥
मन्त्रदूतप्रयाणाजिनायकाभ्युदयैश्च यत् ।
पञ्चभिः सन्धिभिर्युक्तं नातिव्याख्येयमृद्धिमत् ॥ २० ॥
चतुर्वर्गाभिधानेऽपि भूयसाऽर्थोपदेशकृत् ।
युक्तं लोकस्वभावेन रसैश्च सकलैः पृथक् ॥ २१ ॥
19. That which is constituted of a number of
Sargas is called a Mahākāvya. It is big among big
poems, consisting of decent words and decent ideas,
provided with embellishments and relative of a
noble hero.