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

SIXTH ADHYĀYA 167
therefore, it does not matter if the Arthavāda contained some
untrue statements also.
ll. 23-24. This verse is quoted by Patañjali in his Mahā-
bhāṣya (Paspaśānhika) to show the utility of studying
grammar. The commentator Kaiyaṭa, however, attributes the
authorship of this verse to Kātyāyana. cf. कात्यायनोपनिबद्धभ्राजाख्यश्लोक-
मध्यपतितस्य तस्य श्रुतिरनुग्राहिकाऽस्ति । 'एकः शब्दः सम्यग् ज्ञातः सुु प्रयुक्तः स्वर्गे लोके
कामधुग्भवति' इति ।
*[ pp. 25-26. l. 16. From महाभाष्य पस्पशा. ]
Page. 26.
ll. 1-16. All these lines are quoted here from the Mahābhāṣya
of Patañjali, under the name Gonardīya. Here, it is said that
one who speaks in words, which are grammatically correct, enjoys
success in the next world, while the other whose speech is un-
grammatical is contaminated or polluted. The sentence विषम
उपन्यासः which is found in the Mahābhāṣya after the words अज्ञानं
तस्य शरणम्, is omitted here. In the verse यदुदुम्बरवर्णानां, etc. a question
is asked: If ordinarily wine cannot bring heaven to those who
drink it, how can it do so when drunk in Sautrāmaṇīyāga? This
is one of the arguments advanced by atheists to challenge the
testimony of the orthodox. Read प्रमत्तगीत एषः । तत्रभवतो.
ll. 17-18. *[ गुणानुराग. also in सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण. ] Also quoted in
S'rṅgāraprakāśa.
l. 19. On moral grounds also the Kāvya is injurious and
should be discarded.
l. 20. Read डिभांस्तरुणिमनि. This verse is attributed to Vijjākā
in the Saduktikarṇāmṛta, and it is also recorded in the Subhāṣita-
bhāṇḍāgāra under the heading of असतीचरित. The reading in the 3rd
पाद also is found there as अनेनैकपतिना which is better fitted than the
reading अमार्गेण किमिदम् found in the text.
l. 25. A similar explanation is given by Vātsyāyana while
concluding the chapter on पारदारिकाधिकरण of the Kāmasūtra where
immoral practices are described.
cf. संदृश्य शास्त्रतो योगान् पारदारिकलक्षितान् ।
न याति छलनां कश्चित् स्वदारान् प्रति शास्त्रवित् ॥ ५० ॥