काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 253
अत्र ‘एकेन किं न विहितो भवतः स नाम’ इति सामान्यं वाच्यम् ।
(१६) अर्थित्वे प्रकटीकृतेपि न फलप्राप्तिः प्रभोः प्रत्युत
द्रुह्यन् दाशरथिर्विरुद्धचरितो युक्तस्तया कन्यया ।
उत्कर्षं च परस्य मानयशसोर्विस्त्रंसनं चात्मनः
स्त्रीरत्नं च जगत्पतिर्दशमुखो देवः कथं मृष्यते ॥२७७॥
अत्र स्त्रीरत्नम् ‘उपेक्षितुम्’ इत्याकाङ्क्षति । नहि परस्येत्य-
नेन संबन्धो योग्यः ॥
waves; was it not due to the Kaustubha-gem that even
Lord Viṣṇu himself was made to appear before you with
hands spread out to beg ?’
[Here the restricted mention by name of one particular
gem, the Kaustubha, is not very effective]:—the statement
should appear in a more generalised form—‘ was it not
due to one of these gems that even Lord etc.’
(16) [Example of the ‘ Incomplete ’]
‘ Arthitve prakaṭīkṛtepi na phalaprāptiḥ prabhoḥ pratyuta
Druhyan dāśarathirviruddhacharito yuktastayā kanyayā
Utkarṣaṁ cha parasya mānayashasorvisraṁsanañchātmanaḥ
Strīratnaṁ cha jagatpatirdaśamukho devaḥ kathaṁ mṛṣyate’
‘ O Lord ! even though you exhibited beggarliness,
yet the desired object has not been attained ; on the
contrary, to her has been wedded the son of Dasharatha,
your enemy, who hates you. How can you, the ten-
faced lord of the world, bear this superiority of the enemy,
and the derogation of your own pride and fame,—as also
the jewel among women ?’
Here the intended assertion is—‘ How can you bear
the idea of giving up the jewel among women ’; and inasmuch
as the passage as the term ‘ strīratnam ’ only, it is, to that
extent, ‘ incomplete.’ It might be urged that the term