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

SECOND PARICCHEDA 61
Dhairya is quite laudable. As to what consti-
tutes bravery, Kālidāsa says—विकारहेतौ सति विक्रियन्ते येषां
न चेतांसि त एव धीराः viz., incorruptibility of mind in the
face of temptations.
आवली (iv)
सितासिताक्षीं सुपयोधरोधरां
सुसंमदां व्यक्तमदां ललामदाम् ।
घनाघना नीलघना घनालकां
प्रियामिमामुत्सुकयन्ति यन्ति च ॥ १४ ॥
14. The dense black raining clouds instil pas-
sion in my beloved yonder who is possessed of black
and white eyes, endowed with beautiful breasts and
lips, full of gaiety, with infatuation apparent, who
imparts grace and is possessed of dense forelocks
of hair; and after inciting they disappear.
14. This verse illustrates आवली or a series of
repetitions without the assignment of definite pla-
ces. Example: in the 1st foot, सिता सिता and धरा धरा ;
in the 2nd foot, मदां मदां मदां ; in the 3rd foot, घना घना
घना घना; in the 4th foot, यन्ति यन्ति. This verse repre-
sents the utterance of a lover in separation who on
seeing the rise of clouds recalls his beloved to mind
and laments her plight. नीलघनाः Black and thick;
adjectival to घनाघनाः Pouring clouds. Amara—वर्षुकाब्दो
घनाघनः. इमां (बुद्धिस्थां) प्रियां उत्सुकयन्ति Rouse my sweetheart’s
passion. यन्ति च And they pass on, perhaps due to