काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

390 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अत्र रसनाविपर्यासः शून्यकरत्वं च भ्रमरस्यासेवने न हेतुः
कर्णचापलं तु हेतुः मदः प्रत्युत सेवने निमित्तम् ॥९९॥
निगीर्याध्यवसानं तु प्रकृतस्य परेण यत् ।
प्रस्तुतस्य यदन्यत्वं यद्यर्थोक्तौ च कल्पनम् ॥१००॥
कार्यकारणयोर्यश्च पौर्वापर्यविपर्ययः ।
विज्ञेयातिशयोक्तिः सा ॥
उपमानेनान्तर्निगीर्णस्योपमेयस्य यदध्यवसानं सैका । यथा
कमलमनम्भसि कमले च कुवलये तानि कनकलतिकायाम् ।
सा च सुकुमारसुभगेत्युत्पातपरंपरा केयम् ॥४४९॥
अत्र मुखादि कमलादिरूपतयाध्यवसितम् ।
ears' that would justify it ; while the presence of the
'intoxicating' rut would render the elephant all the more
attractive to the bee.—
[And the imposition in this case is done through the Puns involved
in 'reversal of the tongue', 'fickleness of the ear' and 'emptiness
of the hand']. 99.
XII—Atiśayokti—Hyperbole.
It is to be known as the Hyperbole—(a) when the object
to be described is indicated as swallowed by the other ;—
(b) when the object to be described is represented as another ;—
(c) when there is an assumption introduced by some term
meaning 'if' ;—and (d) when there is reversal of the normal
order of sequence between a cause and its effect.
(a) When the 'object compared' is recognised as
swallowed within the 'object compared to',—it is one
kind of Hyperbole. Example—
'A lotus is found in a place without water ;—two
blue lotuses are found in a lotus ;—all these three are found
on a golden creeper ;—and that creeper is tender and
lovely ;—what a series of portentous phenomena !'