काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 265
यदा त्वामहमद्राक्षं पदविद्याविशारदम् ।
उपाध्यायं तदास्मारं समस्प्राक्षं च संमदम् ॥२९७॥
अन्त्रप्रोतबृहत्कपालनलकक्रूरक्वणत्कङ्कण-
प्रायप्रेङ्खितभूरिभूषणरवैराघोषयन्त्यम्बरम् ।
पीतच्छर्दितरक्तकर्दमघनप्राग्भारघोरोल्लस-
द्व्यालोलस्तनभारभैरववपुर्दर्पोद्धतं धावति ॥२९८॥
‘ Like the roots “ dīdhīṅ ” and “ vevīṅ ”, some people
are not amenable to excellence and prosperity (eṅ and ai,
changes, to which the said roots are not subject) ; others
again are like the “ kvip ” affix, by virtue of whose proxi-
mity, the said two things (excellence and prosperity) do
not exist.
[Here since the speaker is a grammarian, the obscurity attaching
to the expressions becomes an excellence.]
(b) ‘ Yadā tvāmahamadrākṣaṁ
Padavidyāviśāradaṁ
Upādhyāyaṁ tadāsmārṣaṁ
Samasprākṣaṁ cha sammadam.’
‘ When I saw you well-versed in grammatical lore,
I was reminded of my own teacher and became elated with
joy ’.
[The person spoken to being a grammarian, obscurity is an
excellence.]
(c) ‘ Āntraprotabṛhatkapālanalakakrūrakvaṇatkaṅkaṇa—
Prāyapreṅkhitabhūribhūṣaṇaravairāghoṣayantyambaram
Pītachcharditaraktakardamaghanaprāgbhāraghorollasad-
Vyālolastanabhārabhairavavapurdarpoddhataṁ dhāvati ’.
‘ She is rushing forward with proud arrogance, filling
the atmosphere with the jingling of her dangling ornaments
consisting of sculls and thighbones strung on the entrails,—
her body appearing frightful on account of her dangling