काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 203
अत्र दृशामिति बहुवचनं निरर्थकम् कुरङ्गेक्षणाया एकस्या
एवोपादानात् । न चालसवलितैरित्यादिवत् व्यापारभेदाद्-
बहुत्वम् व्यापाराणामनुपात्तत्वात् । न च व्यापारेऽत्र दृक्शब्दो
वर्तते । अत्रैव 'कुरुते' इत्यात्मनेपदमप्यनर्थकम् । प्रधानक्रिया-
फलस्य कर्त्रसंबन्धे कर्त्रभिप्रायक्रियाफलाभावात् ॥
चापाचार्यस्त्रिपुरविजयी कार्तिकेयो विजेयः
शस्त्रव्यस्तः सदनमुदधिर्भूरियं हन्तकारः ।

[In sharpening a weapon, the mechanic smears it with acid and
ashes, then heats it and then sprinkles water over it ;—the eyes
being the love-god's arrows these arrows are sharpened in the
manner described.]
Here the plural number in ‘dṛśām’ is ‘useless’ or
meaningless, as only one ‘fawn-eyed girl’ is spoken of.
It is true that in certain cases,—e. g., in the verse ‘alasava-
litaiḥ etc.,’—the plural number is used in view of the multi-
plicity or manifoldness of functions ; but in the present
instance it cannot be due to any such manifoldness ; as no
such manifold functions are mentioned ; nor does the
term ‘dṛk’ (‘eye’) denote any functions.
Then again, in this same verse the Ātmanepada ending
in ‘kurute’ is also ‘useless’, because the effect of the
action connoted does not belong to the subject (‘woman’),
and hence the condition necessary for the use of the Ātma-
nepada ending—that the result of the action should pertain
to the subject—is not fulfilled.
(4) [The ‘Inexpressive’]
‘Chāpāchāryas....’
............................chandrahāsaḥ.’
‘Your preceptor in archery is the victor of the three
cities (Śhiva), Kārtikeya is your subduable, the ocean,