काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER X 389
वामेनात्र वटस्तमध्वगजनः सर्वात्मना सेवते
न च्छायापि परोपकारकरणे मार्गस्थितस्यापि मे ॥४४७॥
क्वचिदंशेष्वध्यारोपेण । यथा
सोऽपूर्वो रसनाविपर्ययविधिः तत् कर्णयोश्चापलं
दृष्टिः सा मदविस्मृतस्वपरदिक् किं भूयसोक्तेन वा ।
सर्वं विस्मृतवानसि भ्रमर हे यद्वारणोद्याप्यसौ
अन्तःशून्यकरो निषेव्यत इति भ्रातः क एष ग्रहः ॥४४८॥
left of the road, is attended by all pedestrians, while to me,
though I am standing on the road, does not belong even
shade enough for rendering help to others.’
[What is implied here is the condition of a lowborn person whose
gifts have been refused by a qualified recipient : and the imposition
of this upon the expressed description of the tree is essential, since
the ideas described can never belong to any such entity as the tree.]
In still other cases, there is only partial imposition ;
for instance, in the following verse—
‘ That curious process whereby the tongue was re-
versed ; the fickleness of ears ; vision incapacitated by
intoxication to discriminate between himself and others ;—
what is the need for saying more ?—All this you have
forgotten, O brother black bee ! and you still stick to this
elephant, with an empty trunk [ hand ] ;—whence this
peculiar attachment ?
[ Here what is implied is the relation between an un-
appreciating master and a devoted servant ; and this is
imposed upon the case described, of the elephant and the
black bee]. The imposition here is only partial ; as ‘ the
reversal of the tongue ’ and ‘ emptiness of the trunk ’ are
not such circumstances as would justify the abandoning of
the elephant by the bee ; it is only the ‘ fickleness of the