काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER V 147
दोषत्वमिति विभागकरणमनुपपन्नं स्यात् । न चानुपपन्नं
सर्वस्यैव विभक्ततया प्रतिभासात् । वाच्यवाचकभावव्यतिरेकेण
व्यङ्ग्यव्यञ्जकताश्रयणे तु व्यङ्ग्यस्य बहुविधत्वात् क्वचिदेव
कस्यचिदेवौचित्येनोपपद्यत एव विभागव्यवस्था ॥
‘द्वयं गतं संप्रति शोचनीयतां समागमप्रार्थनया कपालिनः ।'
possible to make any such distinction among ‘Defects’
as that ‘grammatical mistake’ and others like it are per-
manent defects (always defective), while ‘Harshness ’and
the like are impermanent defects (sometimes defective and
sometimes not so).
[Harshness is regarded as an excellence when occurring in words
depicting the Heroic Passion, but a defect in those portraying the
Pathetic; and the reason for this lies in the idea that the suggestions made
by the harsh sounds are helpful in the delineation of Heroism, but mar
the effect of the Pathetic Passion. There is no difference in the
denotation or expressed meaning of a word, be its letters harsh or
sweet. Hence if denotation were the only verbal process, there could
be no ground for regarding the mere sound as either helpful or preju-
dicial to the sentiment depicted.]
And yet we know that such distinction is not impossible;
in fact we find such distinction made by all men. If, on
the other hand, the suggestive process is accepted as dis-
tinct from the denotative, the suggested meaning of words
being manifold, some of these only may be appropriate
in a certain instance ; and as such the said distinction
(among defects) would be quite permissible.
Then again in the line—‘The brilliant digit of the
Moon and Thyself (Pārvatī), who art like moon-light
to the eyes of people, are the two things that have become
pitiable by reason of seeking association with the Holder