काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER X 381
निदर्शना।
अभवन्वस्तुसंबन्ध उपमापरिकल्पकः ॥ ९७ ॥
निदर्शनं दृष्टान्तकरणम् । उदाहरणम्--
क्व सूर्यप्रभवो वंशः क्व चाल्पविषया मतिः ।
तितीर्षुर्दुस्तरं मोहादुडुपेनास्मि सागरम् ॥४३५॥
अत्र उडुपेन सागरतरणमिव मन्मत्या सूर्यवंशवर्णनमित्युप-
मायां पर्यवस्यति ।
यथा वा
उदयति विततोर्ध्वरश्मिरज्जावहिमरुचौ हिमधाम्नि याति चास्तम् ।
वहति गिरिरयं विलम्बिघण्टाद्वयपरिवारितवारणेन्द्रलीलाम् ॥४३६।
˙ Here the term ‘jayalakṣmī’ is so used (with such adjec-
tives) that it expresses, not only the king’s lady love, [but
also the glory of victory in battle].
X—Nidarśanā—Illustration.
Where an impossible relation of things constitutes the
similitude, it is Illustration. 97.
It is called ‘nidarśanā’, because it serves the purpose
of nidarśanā, illustrating.
Example—
‘Where (on one side) is the dynasty originating from
the Sun, and where (on the other) is my limited intelli-
gence : through sheer foolishness am I desirous of cross-
ing the ocean by means of a raft.’
Here the (impossible) statement made leads on to the
Simile that—‘a description of the Solar Dynasty by my
intelligence would be just like the crossing ot the ocean
by a raft.’
Another example—
‘When (on one side) the Sun is rising with his rays