काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

58 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
रत्यादिको नियतप्रमातृगतत्वेन स्थितोपि साधारणोपायबलात्
तत्कालविगलितपरिमितप्रमातृभाववशोन्मिषितवेद्यान्तरसंपर्क-
शून्यापरिमितभावेन प्रमात्रा सकलसहृदयसंवादभाजा साधा-
रण्येन स्वाकार इवाभिन्नोपि गोचरीकृतश्चर्व्यमाणतैकप्राणो
consciousness merged in the universal ; and this repre-
senting the mental condition of all men of poetic sensibi-
lity, he apprehends the said emotion ; though, having
been manifested in its most generalised form, it has no
existence apart from its own apprehension ; in fact its
sole essence consists in its being relished, and it lasts as
long as the Excitants, Ensuants and Variants continue
to exist ;—it is relished in the same manner as a mixed
beverage ; and when it is relished, it appears as if it were
vibrating before the eyes, entering the inmost recesses
of the heart, inspiriting the entire body, and eclipsing
everything else ; it makes one feel the rapturous bliss
of Brahman ;—the emotion thus manifested becomes the
source of transcendent charm and is spoken of as ‘rasa’,
‘Passion’.—This Passion is not an effect, something pro-
duced (by the excitants and the rest) ; for if it were an
effect, it would continue to exist even after these excitants
and the rest had ceased to exist. [As the jar continues to
exist even after the destruction of the stick and other
causes that had operated in its production. ] Nor is it
something to be made known (by the excitants etc.); as it is
never an accomplished entity (like the jar, and it is only
an accomplished entity that can be made known) ;—in
reality, it is only manifested by the Excitants, Ensuants and
Variants, and is something to be relished.—Against this,
the question may be asked—“ where has anything been
seen to exist apart from what produces and from what makes