काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

318 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अभङ्गश्लेषेण यथा
अहो केनेदृशी बुद्धिर्दारुणा तव निर्मिता ।
त्रिगुणा श्रूयते बुद्धिर्न तु दारुमयी क्वचित् ॥३५३॥
“If you behave satisfactorily towards women, then
you are wise”.—“What intelligent person does what is
agreeable to his enemies?” [This reply being based upon
the pun involved in breaking up the term ‘nārīṇāṁ’,
spoken by the first speaker in the sense of ‘towards women’,
into two terms ‘na-arīṇāṁ’, ‘not to enemies’]—“Then you
are not a benefactor of the weaker sex.” [This rejoinder
takes the term ‘vāmānāṁ’, used by the second speaker in
the sense ‘of enemies’, in the sense ‘of the weaker sex’.]—
“Would it be proper to destroy the good of a person known
to be weak?” [This answer is based upon the term
‘hitakṛt’, used by the former speaker in the sense of hitaṁ
karoti ‘benefactor, one who does good’, being taken in
the sense of hitaṁ kṛntati’, ‘one who destroys the good’].
—“Whence can there be any power in you to bring about
the destruction of what is desired by Indra?” [This reply
is based on the expression ‘balābhāvaprasiddhātmanaḥ’, used
by the former speaker in the sense of ‘one known to
be weak’, being taken by the latter in the sense of ‘one
who is known by his killing of the demon Bala, i.e.,
Indra’.]
The following is an example of Equivoque based upon
Paronomasia, not involving the breaking up of words.
‘Aho kenedṛśī buddhirdāruṇā tava nirmitā·
Triguṇā śrūyate buddhirna tu dārumayī kvachit’.
“Oh! By whom has this Intelligence of yours been
made so cruel?”—“Intelligence is known to consist of
the three attributes, and never of wood”. [The reply