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254 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
(१७) आज्ञा शक्रशिखामणिप्रणयिनी शास्त्राणि चक्षुर्नवं
भक्तिर्भूतपतौ पिनाकिनि पदं लङ्केति दिव्या पुरी।
उत्पत्तिर्द्रुहिणान्वये च तदहो नेदृग्वरो लभ्यते
स्याच्चेदेष न रावणः क्व नु पुनः सर्वत्र सर्वे गुणाः ॥२७८॥
अत्र 'स्याच्चेदेष न रावणः' इत्यत्र एव समाप्यम् ॥
(१८) श्रुतेन बुद्धिर्व्यसनेन मूर्खता मदेन नारी सलिलेन निम्नगा।
निशा शशाङ्केन धृतिःसमाधिना नयेन चालंक्रियते नरेन्द्रता॥२७९॥
'strīratnam' may be construed with 'parasya',—the sense
being 'how can you bear the idea that the jewel among
women belongs to another'. But such a construction is not
possible, [the term 'parasya' having been already cons-
trued with 'utkarṣam']
(17) [Example of the 'Misplaced.']—
'His command is borne by Indra on his head ; the
sciences constitute his efficient organ of vision ; his devo-
tion rests in Shiva, the lord of beings ; and beautiful
Laṅkā is his residence ; and his birth is in the family of
Brahmā ; thus, then, no such other bridegroom could be
found :—only if he were not Rāvaṇa (the Terrible) !
But wherein can all good qualities be found ?'
The sentence should have ended with 'only if he were
not Rāvaṇa'.
[As what is meant is that this single disqualification nullifies all
the aforesaid qualifications, and as such puts him out of court
as a suitable bridegroom. This sense is prevented by the subsequent
clause—'wherein &c.'—which is a sort of a palliative excuse for
the presence of a single disqualification as against a large number
of qualifications. which tends to indicate the suitability of Rāvaṇa].
(18) [Example of the 'Mismatched']—
'Intelligence is adorned by learning, illiteracy by
frivolity, woman by lasciviousness, the river by water,