काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

344 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
तच्चित्रं यत्र वर्णानां खड्गाद्याकृतिहेतुता ॥ ८५ ॥
संनिवेशविशेषेण यत्र न्यस्ता वर्णाः खड्गमुरजपद्माद्याकार-
मुल्लासयन्ति तच्चित्रं काव्यम् । कष्टं काव्यमेतदिति दिङ्मात्रं
प्रदर्श्यते । उदाहरणम्—
मारारिशक्ररामेभमुखैरासाररंहसा ।
सारारब्धस्तवा नित्यं तदार्तिहरणक्षमा ॥ ३८४ ॥
माता नतानां संघट्टःश्रियां बाधितसंभ्रमा ।
मान्याथ सीमा रामाणां शं मे दिश्यादुमादिमा ॥ ३८५ ॥
(खड्गबन्धः)
where the Pun rests in single letters, though the two words
are entirely distinct (e.g., ‘vidhi’ and ‘vidhu’), yet on the mere
ground of the word (‘vidhau’ in both cases) being such as
is pronounceable by the same ‘effort’, it may be possible
to speak of these as instances of ‘Ideal’ Pun.
All these points have to be left to your intelligent
consideration.
V. Where the letters assume the form of such objects as
the sword and the like, it is the Figure Pictorial. 85.
In cases where the letters arranged in particular
ways appear in the form of (a) the sword, (b) or the
drum, (c) or the lotus and so forth, we have Pictorial
Poetry (i.e. Poetry with the Pictorial Figures).
As this sort of poetry is extremely difficult, we are
citing only a few examples—(a) The Sword
‘Mārārishakrārāmebhamukhairāsāraramhasā
Sārārabdhastavā nityantadārtiharaṇakṣamā’
‘May the primeval Umā,—eloquently eulogised by
Shiva, Indra and Rāma,—always removing their troubles,
the centre of majesty, free from all anxiety, esteemed by
the best of women,—ordain our prosperity.’