काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

178 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
मूर्ध्नामुद्वृत्तकृत्ताविरलगलगलद्रक्तसंसक्तधारा-
धौतेशाङ्घ्रिप्रसादोपनतजयजगज्जातमिथ्यामहिम्नाम् ।
कैलासोल्लासनेच्छाव्यतिकरपिशुनोत्सर्पिदर्पोद्धुराणां
दोष्णां चैषां किमेतत् फलमिह नगरीरक्षणे यत् प्रयासः ॥ १५९॥
अत्र मिथ्यामहिमत्वं नानुवाद्यम् अपि तु विधेयम् । यथा वा
Mūrdhnāmud.........................................................................
Dhauteshānghriprasādopanatajayajagajjātamithyāmahimnām......
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....................................................................... prayāsaḥ'.
'What is the use of these my heads and arms, if I have
to make an effort even for the protecting of the city ?—
the heads whose false glory was trumpeted to the world
through victories gained by the favour of Shiva's feet,
washed as they were with the unimpeded flow of blood
issuing from them when they were majestically cut off by
myself ;—and the arms full of intense pride manifes-
ted in the deep longing for the lifting of the Kailāsha
mountain.'
Here the defect lies in the compound ending with
mithyāmahimnām', where 'mithyā' 'false', forming the
first term of the qualitative compound, appears only as a
qualifying adjunct (anuvādya, referred to for the sake of, and
hence subordinate) to something else (i. e. 'greatness'),
while in reality it is meant to be the predicative factor, and
the predominant element.
[The meaning being that 'the greatness had turned out to be false,
inasmuch as I have to make an effort to guard my city'. In this manner
there is a logical connection between the assertion of falsity and the
subsequent statement; in the other case the two statements stand
separately —(a) 'my heads have false greatness' and (b) 'I have to
guard the city' ; and there is no logical connection between the two.]