काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER, VII 209
अत्र हि विकटवर्णत्वं दीर्घसमासत्वं चोचितम् । यथा
प्रागप्राप्तनिशुम्भशांभवधनुर्द्वेधाविधाविर्भवत्-
क्रोधप्रेरितभीमभार्गवभुजस्तम्भापविद्धः क्षणात् ।
उज्जवालः परशुर्भवत्वशिथिलस्त्वत्कण्ठपीठातिथि-
र्येनानेन जगत्सु खण्डपरशुर्देवो हरः ख्याप्यते ॥२०९॥
यत्र तु न क्रोधस्तत्र चतुर्थपादाभिधाने तथैव शब्दप्रयोगः ॥
Droṇa is going to do precisely what was done by Paraśu-
rāma '.—
What would have been in consonance with the senti-
ment depicted would be [not the soft letters and simple
words used, but] harsh sounding letters and long com-
pounds ; as in the following—
‘ Prāgaprāptaniśumbhaśāmbhava-
dhanurdvedhāvidhāvirbhavat-
Krodhapreritabhīmabhārgavabhuja-
stambhāpaviddhaḥ kṣaṇāt
Ujjvālaḥ parashurbhavatvashithilas-
tvatkaṇṭhapīṭhātithir-
Yenānena jagatsu khaṇḍaparashur-
devo haraḥ khyāpyate ’.
‘ May this blazing and powerful axe of mine, by reason
whereof the god Shiva is known as ‘the god of the broken
axe,’ (He having bestowed a part of his axe to me), be
the guest of the back of your neck,—being wielded by my
pillar-like terrific arms urged into action by the wrath
excited by the breaking of the ever unbent bow of Śiva ’;—
[We find long compounds and harsh-sounding words] ;
but in the last quarter of the verse, where no anger is
expressed (but only a deferential reference to the God
Shiva), we have words suited to the sentiment.