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

SECOND PARICCHEDA 65
Verse 9 at the commencement of the section on
Yamaka.
प्रतीतशब्दमोजस्वि सुश्लिष्टपदसन्धि च ।
प्रसादि स्वभिधानं च यमकं कृतिनां मतम् ॥ १८ ॥
18. Yamaka is accepted by men of letters,
which consists of words with reputed meanings,
which contains vigour, is formed of words well-knit
in coalescence and is perspicuous and elegant in
expression.
18. This verse describes the features of a good
Yamaka and the next verse deals with a bad one.
ओजस् and प्रसाद have already been explained. In fact
all the features referred to in this verse are essen-
tial for every good poetry.
नानाधात्वर्थगम्भीरा यमकव्यपदेशिनी ।
प्रहेलिका सा ह्युदिता रामशर्माच्युतोत्तरे ॥ १९ ॥
19. Replete with a multiplicity of roots and
their meanings and claiming to be Yamaka, what
can be called a Prahelikā, occurs in Rāmaśarman's
Achyutottara.
19. यमकव्यपदेशिनी A bad Yamaka is no Yamaka
at all so far as poetry is concerned. It simply bears
the name of Yamaka. नानाधात्वर्थगम्भीरा. The word गम्भीर
is used in ridicule. A bad poetry is unfathomable.
Its meanings have to be traced to roots, popular or
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