काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

382 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अत्र कथमन्यस्य लीलामन्यो वहतीति तत्सदृशीमित्युपमायां
पर्यवसानम् ।
दोर्भ्यां तितीर्षति तरङ्गवतीभुजङ्गम्
आदातुमिच्छति करे हरिणाङ्कबिम्बम् ।
मेरुं लिलङ्घयिषति ध्रुवमेष देव
यस्ते गुणान् गदितुमुद्यममादधाति ॥४३७॥
इत्यादौ मालारूपाप्येषा द्रष्टव्या ॥९७॥
स्वस्वहेत्वन्वयस्योक्तिः क्रिययैव च सापरा ।
क्रिययैव स्वस्वरूपस्वकारणयोः संबन्धो यदवगम्यते सा
अपरा निदर्शना । यथा
shooting upwards, and (on the other) the Moon is setting,
this mountain acquires the splendour of an elephant with
two bells hanging on its two sides.’
The actual acquiring of the splendour of one thing
(the elephant) by the other (the mountain) being an im-
possibility, the statement only leads on to the Simile
that the one appears similar to the other...
This Figure appears in the form of a ‘String’ also ;—
e.g.
‘O Lord ! the man that makes an attempt to describe
your good qualities, (a) desires to cross the ocean with his
arms, (b) wishes to catch the moon with his hands, and
(c) to jump over the Meru mountain.’ 97.
There is another kind of Illustration, where the action
itself indicates the (causal) relation between itself and its
cause.
Where the connection between the action itself and
its cause is indicated by the action itself.—it is another
kind of Illustration.