काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VIII 311
तेन नार्थगुणा वाच्याः
न वाच्याः न वक्तव्याः ॥
प्रोक्ताः शब्दगुणाश्च ये ।
वर्णाः समासो रचना तेषां व्यञ्जकतामिताः ॥ ७३ ॥
के कस्य इत्याह
मूर्ध्नि वर्गान्त्यगाः स्पर्शा अटवर्गा रणौ लघू ।
अवृत्तिर्मध्यवृत्तिर्वा माधुर्ये घटना तथा ॥ ७४ ॥
टठडढवर्जिताः कादयो मान्ताः शिरसि निजवर्गान्त्ययुक्ताः
तथा रेफणकारौ ह्रस्वान्तरिताविति वर्णाः समासाभावो मध्यमः
For these reasons, the excellences (held by others) as pertaining
to the meaning should not be mentioned sep arately).
‘Should not be mentioned’—do not deserve to be
mentioned.
Those excellences that have been spoken of as pertaining
(indirectly) to words, (though really belonging to Passion depicted)—
these are suggested by Letters, compounds and diction. 73.
The text proceeds to describe what is suggestive of
what excellence.—
(a) The ‘sparsha’ [mute] consonants, with the exception of
those of the ‘ṭa’-group, combined with the last consonant of
their group,—(b) the consonants ‘r’ and ṇ’ when short,—(c)
expressions free compounds,—(d) compounds of medium length,—
and (e) harmonious diction—are (suggestive) of Sweetness. 74.
(a) All the consonants from k to m—except ṭ, ṭh, ḍ
and ḍh—combined with the last letter of their res-
pective groups, (b) r and ṇ combined with short vowels ;
—these are the ‘letters’ (suggestive of Sweetness).
As for ‘compounds’—(e) ‘expressions free from com-
pounds’ or (d) ‘compounds of medium length’ (are suggestive
of Sweetness).