काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

236 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अत्र पर्यायस्य । 'महीभृतोपत्यवतोपि' इति युक्तम् ।
'अत्र सत्यपि पुत्रे कन्यारूपेप्यपत्ये स्नेहोभूत्' इति केचित्सम-
र्थयन्ते ।
विपदोभिभवन्त्यविक्रमं रहयत्यापदुपेतमायतिः ।
नियता लघुता निरायतेरगरीयान्न पदं नृपश्रियः ॥२४८॥
अत्रोपसर्गस्य पर्यायस्य च । 'तदभिभवः कुरुते निरायतिम् ।
The right reading would have been ‘ mahībhṛtopatyava-
topi’ (which would be in keeping with ‘apatya’ in the
second line).
Some people defend the original reading on the ground
that it affords the meaning that—‘ though he had sons,
male children, yet, he had special love for the daughter,
the female child’. [A meaning which will not be available
if the suggested emendation were made].
In the following we have an example of the ‘ Violation
of the Uniformity’ of the prefix, as also of the synonym—
‘Vipadobhibhavantyavikramaṁ
Rahayatyāpadupetamāyatiḥ
Niyatā laghutā nirāyater—
Agarīyānna padaṁnṛpaśriyaḥ.’
‘Calamities press upon one who is devoid of courage ;
future prospects desert one who is beset with calamities ;
disrespect is the certain lot of one who is deprived of future
prospects ; and he who commands no respect is not the
receptacle of kingly splendour.’
[In the first sentence we have the term ‘vipat’, which is replaced
in the second sentence by ‘āpat’ the prefix being changed; again in
the preceding sentence we have the term ‘laghutā’, whose place in
the following sentence is taken by its synonym ‘agarīyān’.]
The right reading would be—
(a) ‘Tadabhibhavaḥ kurute nirāyatim’