काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 243
(२) सदा मध्ये यासामियममृतनिस्यन्दमधुरा
सरस्वत्युद्दामा वहति बहुमार्गा परिमलम् ।
प्रसादं ता एता घनपरिचिताः केन महतां
महाकाव्यव्योम्नि स्फुरितमधुरा यान्तु रुचयः ॥२५६॥
अत्र यासां कविरुचीनां मध्ये सुकुमारविचित्रमध्यमात्मक-
त्रिमार्गा भारती चमत्कारं वहति ताः गम्भीरकाव्यपरिचिताः
कथमितरकाव्यवत् प्रसन्ना भवन्तु । यासामादित्यप्रभाणां मध्ये
(2) The following is an example of the 'obscure'
meaning—
'Sadā madhye yāsāmiyamamṛtanisyandamadhurā
Sarasvatyuddāmā vahati bahumārgā parimalam
Prasādaṁ tā etā ghanaparichitāḥ kena mahatāṁ
Mahākāvyavyomni sphuritmadhurā yāntu ruchayaḥ.'
'How can the imaginative flashes of great poets attain
simplicity, when within them flows untramelled the Goddess
of Speech rendered sweet and passionate with the flow
of nectar, decked in various styles and carrying a peculiar
charm,—flashes which, assiduously practised, waft sweetness
in the atmosphere of Poetry?—How too (second entendre)
can the rays of the Twelve Sons become pleasant, when
in their midst flows untramelled the river Sarasvatī
sweet with flowing water, running in diverse directions
and spreading sweet fragrance,—the rays accompanied
by clouds and wafting sweet water in the atmosphere?'
The meaning of this, expressed too succinctly is as
follows—(a) 'The flashes of the poet's imagination,
wherein speech produces a peculiar charm through the
styles—the lucid, the picturesque and the medium,—
and which are found in deep poetry,—how can these
be easy, like ordinary poetry?—(b) 'The sun's rays,