काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 251
(१२) यत्रानुल्लिखितार्थमेव निखिलं निर्माणमेतद्विधेर्-
उत्कर्षप्रतियोगिकल्पनमपि न्यक्कारकोटिः परा ।
याताः प्राणभृतां मनोरथगतीरुल्लङ्घय यत्संपदस्
तस्याभासमणीकृताश्मसु मणेरश्मत्वमेवोचितम्॥२७३॥
अत्र ‘छायामात्रमणीकृताश्मसु मणेस्तस्याश्मतैवोचिता’
इति सनियमत्वं वाच्यम् ॥
(१३) वक्त्राम्भोजं सरस्वत्यधिवसति सदा शोण एवाधरस्ते
बाहुः काकुत्स्थवीर्यस्मृतिकरणपटुर्दक्षिणस्ते समुद्रः ।
(12) [Example of the ‘Too unspecific’ or ‘Too
generalised’]—
‘In view of the Chintāmaṇi jewel, the entire creation
of God becomes purposeless ; any mention of its excellences
would be the highest insult to it ; and its plentiful richness
has exceeded the bounds of human desire ; and yet when
it gets mixed up with pebbles, which have been rendered
gem-like through its reflection, it should be regarded as a
pebble only’.
Here some such specification as ‘through its mere reflec-
tion’ is necessary ; and the right reading of the last foot
therefore should be—‘chhāyāmātramaṇīkṛtāshmasu maṇes-
tasyāshmataivochitā.’
[Such specification would imply that the other gems belong to
an inferior category; and the absence of this specification places
the Chintāmaṇi on the same level as the other gems, which is not
what is intended by the poet.]
(13) [Example of the ‘Too specific’]—
‘The Sarasvatī river (Goddess of Learning) resides
permanently in your lotus-like mouth ; your under-lip
is the Shoṇa (red) itself ; your arm, which is capable of
reminding people of the valour of ‘Kākutstha, is the