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

FIRST PARICCHEDA 33
32. That this is the poetry of Gauḍas and this
the poetry of Vidarbhas—is there any such distinc-
tion? It need not be told that fools walk the trodden
path, blindly following the lead of the blind.
32. 'Gauḍīya and Vaidarbha' is a distinction
made by ignorant persons—अमेधसां. न अनाख्येयं There
is nothing to prevent them from making such a dis-
tinction; so they are free to say so. But why do
they at all say? गतानुगतिकन्यायात् Just as one follows
another blindly—अन्धेनेव नीयमाना यथान्धाः.
ननु चाश्मकवंशादि वैदर्भमिति कथ्यते ।
कामं तथास्तु प्रायेण संज्ञेच्छातो विधीयते ॥ ३३ ॥
33. (The objector says) Indeed Aśmakavaṁśa
and the like represent the Vaidarbha. (Answer) Be
it so. Generally a nomenclature is given at one's
own will.
33. The objector retorts. Why say the blind
following the blind? Are there not poems like अश्म-
कवंश which belongs to Vaidarbha type? Aśmaka
seems to be the name of a country whose king was
also called अश्मक, and अश्मकवंश deals with the history
of his dynasty just as Raghuvaṁśa deals with the
dynasty of Raghu. It should be confessed that a
work of that name is not available to us. The
answer is कामं तथास्तु Alright; let it be so. This is
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