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

42 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
42. Ayuktimat (lacking in propriety) occurs
where for the conveyance of messages are used a
cloud, the wind, the moon, a bee, a dove, a ruddy
goose, a parrot and the like.
42. अयुक्तिमत् (Improper) arises where inanimate
objects and unintelligent beings are employed as
messengers.
अवाचोऽव्यक्तवाचश्च दूरदेशविचारिणः ।
कथं दूत्यं प्रपद्येरन्निति युक्त्या न युज्यते ॥ ४३ ॥
43. How can creatures without speech or with
indistinct speech roam over distant countries and be
made to undertake the task of messengers? This
does not stand to reason.
43. न विद्यते वाक् येषां ते अवाचः Dumb creatures. अव्य-
क्ता वाक् येषां ते अव्यक्तवाचः Beings with inarticulate expres-
sions. How will such beings play the role of a
messenger ?
यदि चोत्कण्ठया यत्तदुन्मत्त इव भाषते ।
तथा भवतु भूम्नेदं सुमेधोभिः प्रयुज्यते ॥ ४४ ॥
( कालिदासादिभिः ? )
44. But if through inordinate zeal or infatu-
ation one speaks thus like a lunatic, then be it so.
It is also largely used by intellectual persons.