काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 171
अत्र जन्तुपदमदातर्यर्थे विवक्षितं तत्र च नाभिधायकम् । यथा वा
हाधिक् सा किल तामसी शशिमुखी दृष्टा मया यत्र सा
तद्विच्छेदरुजान्धकारितमिदं दग्धं दिनं कल्पितम् ।
किं कुर्मः कुशले सदैव विधुरो धाता न चेत्तत्कथं
तादृग्यामवतीमयो भवति मे नो जीवलोकोऽधुना ॥१४९॥
‘ To him whose anger is never futile and who is ever
able to destroy his own troubles, people surrender them-
selves of their own accord ; on the other hand, if one is
devoid of resentment, men do not mind his enmity, nor
do they care for his friendship, if he is not generous ’.
Here the word ‘ jantu ’ (which means ‘ animal ’),
is used in the sense of ‘ not generous ’, which it never
expresses.
[A distinction is made between the ‘inexpressive ’ word and the
word ‘incapable of giving sense’ (4) on the ground that while the
latter, though incapable of expressing the intended meaning in its
entirety, does express a portion of it, the former is absolutely unable
to express any portion of it at all : that is of the two factors of the
intended meaning, the object and its qualities, while the ‘Incapable
word’ may signify one or the other, though not both, the
‘Inexpressive word ’ signifies neither.]
Another example of the “ Inexpressive Word ”—
Hā dhik....................
......... dagdhaṁ dinaṁ ...
.................................................
.........................................jīvaloko dhunā ’.
‘ Woe to me ! That time when I saw the Moon-
faced one is said to have been (dark) night, and this present
time, darkened as it is by the pangs of her separation, is
held to be (light) day ! What shall I do ? The Dispenser
is ever averse to my welfare ! Or else, why was not the
entire living world transformed for me into that same
night.’