काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

388 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
इयं च काचित् वाच्ये प्रतीयमानार्थानध्यारोपेणैव भवति । यथा
अब्धेरम्भः स्थगितभुवनाभोगपातालकुक्षेः
पोतोपाया इह हि बहवो लङ्घनेपि क्षमन्ते ।
आहो रिक्तः कथमपि भवेदेष दैवात् तदानीं
को नाम स्यादवटकुहरालोकनेप्यस्य कल्पः ॥४४६॥
क्वचिदध्यारोपेणैव । यथा
कस्त्वं भोः कथयामि दैवहतकं मां विद्धि शाखोटकं
वैराग्यादिव वक्षि साधु विदितं कस्मादिदं कथ्यते ।
[What is meant to be described is a spendthrift, and this is indicated
by the description of the spendthrift Ocean ; and this is done through
mere similarity between the two persons.]
In some cases of this last kind of Indirect Description
what is implied is not necessarily imposed (or fastened)
upon what is directly expressed. As in the following
verse.—
‘There are many people who, with the help of boats,
are able to cross the ocean which has covered with water
the face of the Earth and also the innermost recesses of the
Nether World ; if, however, somehow or other, the ocean
were by chance to become emptied, who would be able to
even look at the holes and cavities in it ?’
[Here the implied meaning is that ‘for the people it is best that
the king, if wicked, should remain prosperous ;’ but the directly
expressed description of the ocean itself being quite apt, it is not
necessary for the former to be imposed upon this latter.]
In other cases the said imposition is essential ; as for
instance, in the following verse.—
‘Who are you, Sir ?’—‘Know me to be the fatestricken
Shākhoṭaka tree.’—‘You talk as if you were disgusted
with life.’—‘You have guessed rightly.’—‘But why so ?’—
I am going to explain : This banyan tree that lies to the