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

द्वितीयः परिच्छेदः ।
माधुर्यमभिवाञ्छन्तः प्रसादं च सुमेधसः ।
समासवन्ति भूयांसि न पदानि प्रयुञ्जते ॥ १ ॥
केचिदोजोऽभिधित्सन्तः समस्यन्ति बहून्यपि ।
यथा मन्दारकुसुमरेणुपिञ्जरितालका ॥ २ ॥
श्रव्यं नातिसमस्तार्थं काव्यं मधुरमिष्यते ।
आचिद्वदङ्गनाबालप्रतीतार्थं प्रसादवत् ॥ ३ ॥

1. Poets desirous of sweetness and perspicuity
   avoid largely the use of compound words.
2. Some desirous of bombast compound any
   number of words. Example—मन्दारकुसुमरेणुपिञ्जरितालका A
   damsel possessed of forelocks of hair rendered yel-
   low by the dust of Mandāra flowers.
3. Poetry agreeable to the ear, without too
   many compounds, is deemed to be sweet. Poetry
   which presents meaning to all including learned
   men, women and children is possessed of perspi-
   cuity.
   1 to 3. This and the next Paricchheda mainly
   deal with Alaṁkāras. But at the outset the au-
   thor in the first three verses of this chapter refers