काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

372 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
निरङ्गं तु शुद्धम् ॥
यथा
कुरङ्गीवाङ्गानि स्तिमितयति गीतध्वनिषु यत्
सखीं कान्तोदन्तं श्रुतमपि पुनः प्रश्नयति यत् ।
अनिद्रं यच्चान्तः स्वपिति तदहो वेद्म्यभिनवां
प्रवृत्तोस्याः सेक्तुं हृदि मनसिजः प्रेमलतिकाम् ॥४२३॥
माला तु पूर्ववत् ॥ ९४ ॥
मालोपमायामिवैकस्मिन् बहव आरोपिताः । यथा
सौन्दर्यस्य तरङ्गिणी तरुणिमोत्कर्षस्य हर्षोद्गमः
कान्तेः कार्मणकर्म नर्मरहसामुल्लासनावासभूः ।
(3) That which is devoid of constituents is the Pure
Metaphor.
[When the object alone by itself is imposed.]
Example—‘While listening to songs, she keeps her
limbs unmoved, like the doe ; asks her friend the news
about her lover, even though she has already heard it ;
she lies down within, without sleep ; from all this I
gather that the Love-god has begun to water the fresh
sprout of affection in her heart’.
[Here, all that is imposed upon the affection is the character of
the sprout ; and nothing is said regarding any detailed properties of
the latter.]
The ‘String’ is like the foregoing. 94.
Just as in the ‘String Simile’ so in the ‘String
Metaphor’ also, the character of several objects is imposed
upon a single object.
Example—‘That beloved one is the stream of beauty,
the joyous effusion of youthful exuberance, the touch-
stone of resplendence, the abode of loving confidences,