काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

120 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अगूढं यथा
यस्यासुहृत्कृततिरस्कृतिरेत्य तप्त-
सूचीव्यधव्यतिकरेण युनक्ति कर्णौ ।
काञ्चीगुणग्रथनभाजनमेष सोस्मि
जीवन्न संप्रति भवामि किमावहामि ॥११३॥
अत्र जीवन्नित्यर्थान्तरसंक्रमितवाच्यस्य ।
उन्निद्रकोकनदरेणुपिशङ्गिताङ्गा
गायन्ति मञ्जु मधुपा गृहदीर्घिकासु ।
एतच्चकास्ति च रवेर्नवबन्धुजीव-
पुष्पच्छदाभमुदयाचलचुम्बि बिम्बम् ॥११४॥
अत्र चुम्बनस्यात्यन्ततिरस्कृतवाच्यस्य ।
(1) Example of obvious suggestion—
‘ In former times the taunts of an enemy always appeared
in my ears like piercing hot needles,—and now that same
I have been reduced to this position that I am entrusted
with the work of knitting the girdle-zones of ladies !
Even though existing, I am not alive ! What can I do ?’
Here the suggestion lies in the term ‘existing,’ which
has its expressed meaning of ‘living’ transformed into some-
thing else (i. e., ignominious existence) [and this is too ‘obvious’
to be charming].
Another example—
‘ Among the house-hold pools, the black bees, are
humming sweetly, their bodies rendered tawny with the
dust of the full-blown red lotus ; and here shines the
Sun, bright as the petals of the Bandhujīva flower, kissing
the Rising Mount.’
Here the suggestion of dawn lies in the term ‘kissing’,