काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

FIFTH ADHYĀYA 155
l. 7. Bāṇa has expressed a similar sentiment in the following
verse :—
सन्ति श्वान इवासङ्ख्या जातिभाजो गृहे गृहे ।
उत्पादका न बहवः कवयः शरभा इव ॥
Harṣacarita 1-6.
*[ l. 10. सर्वाभिनयनिर्णीतौ दृष्टा नाट्यसृजा न याः । नाट्यसृजा । ब्रह्मणा ।
नाट्याख्यं पञ्चमं वेदं सेतिहासं करोम्यहम् । ( नाट्यशास्त्र. 1-15 ) ].
l. 10. Construe as:—
याः सर्वाभिनयनिर्णीतौ नाट्यसृजा न दृष्टाः ताः विक्रियाः उल्लसन्ति ।
l. 11. वाग्भावकः and हृदयभावकः । Some critics seem to appreciate
poetry and express their appreciation while others appreciate at
heart but do not express. Some scholars, however, are inclined to
interpret the sense of these two terms in a somewhat different
manner. The Vāgbhāvakas are those who are apt to lay much
stress on the words of poetry, while the Hṛdayabhāvakas are
disposed to lay an emphasis on the essence of poetry.
l. 14. Some critics, while going through a poem, discover
simultaneously the existence of qualities that are to be praised and
the non-existence of the blemishes to be condemned.
l. 18. सात्मानम् । This should be separately read in prose as : सः
आत्मानम् । For similar usages refer to सैष दाशरथी रामः and सैष शिष्यहिताय नः ।
l. 21. All MSS. read पदान्तरम् । But यदा is here suggested as
it is followed by तदा in the next half. The general purport of the
whole chapter is stated in this verse.
l. 23. It has already been said that the two qualities of प्रतिभा
and व्युत्पत्ति, essential for poetical excellence, arise from the S'akti or
the power of imagination with which only a few are blessed.
प्रतिभा has been discussed in this chapter while व्युत्पत्ति will follow in
the next.
Adhyāya V.
Page. 16.
ll. 2–5. बहुज्ञता । Ācāryas define व्युत्पत्ति as बहुज्ञता. Here the word
बहु or ‘many’ represents the subjects such as लोकविद्याप्रकीर्णक
etc., a knowledge of which is imperative on a poet who makes an
attempt at writing poetry. A list of these subjects, probably for