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

72 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
on the Upameya side are expressly identified with
their counterparts on the Upamāna side. रूपकं embo-
died in this illustration is समस्तवस्तुविषयं.
तडिद्वलयकक्ष्याणां बलाकामालभारिणाम् ।
पयोमुचां ध्वनिर्धीरो दुनोति मम तां प्रियाम् ॥ २४ ॥
24. The loud thunder of clouds tied by ropes
of encircling lightning and wearing flower-wreaths
in the form of the rows of cranes torments my be-
loved.
24. This verse illustrates the एकदेशविवर्ति type
of Rūpaka. कक्ष्या = गजबन्धनरज्जुः. तडिद्वलया एव कक्ष्याः येषां तेषां
तडिद्वलयकक्ष्याणां Possessed of tying ropes in the form of
the circular streaks of lightning. बलाकामाला एव मालाः
बिभ्रतां बलाकामालभारिणां Bearing garlands in the form of
the rows of cranes. The cranes' flight towards clouds
in jubilation in the rainy season is described in Me-
ghasandeśa thus:—गर्भाधानक्षणपरिचयान्नूनमाबद्धमालाः सेविष्यन्ते
नयनसुभगं खे भवन्तं बलाकाः। Both तडिद्वलयकक्ष्याणां and बलाकामाल-
भारिणां are adjectival to पयोमुचां. धीरः ध्वनिः तां मम प्रियां दुनोति.
दुनोति Present tense, 3rd person singular of दु to inflict
pain upon, 5th Conjugation, Parasmaipada. Just
as lightning and cranes are compared with कक्ष्या and
माला, clouds have no definite counterpart expressed.
At best their counterpart (the elephants) is only sug-
gested. Hence here the express identification bears
only on some parts of the analogy, and as such the