काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

हृदयमधिष्ठितमादौ मालत्याः कुसुमचापबाणेन ।
चरमं रमणीवल्लभ लोचनविषयं त्वया भजता ॥४५२॥
प्रतिवस्तूपमा तु सा ॥ १०१ ॥
सामान्यस्य द्विरेकस्य यत्र वाक्यद्वये स्थितिः ।
साधारणो धर्मः उपमेयवाक्ये उपमानवाक्ये च कथित-
पदस्य दुष्टतयाभिहितत्वात् शब्दभेदेन यत् उपादीयते सा वस्तुनो
वाक्यार्थस्योपमानत्वात् प्रतिवस्तूपमा । यथा
देवीभावं गमिता परिवारपदं कथं भजत्वेषा ।
न खलु परिभोगयोग्यं दैवतरूपाङ्कितं रत्नम् ॥४५३॥
Example—
‘ Mālātī’s heart was occupied by the arrow of the Love-
god; and it was only after that that you, O loved of women,
coming within the range of her vision (occupied it).’
[The idea here expressed is that ‘ so powerful was the
effect produced by her seeing you that she fell in love
before she actually saw you.’]
VIII—Prativastūpamā—Typical Comparison.
Typical Comparison is that where a single common property
stands twice, in two sentences.
When the common property is mentioned, both in the
sentence speaking of the ‘ object compared ’ and that
speaking of the ‘ object compared to ’,—but in separate
words,—since the repetition of the same words has been
described as a defect,—is called, Typical Comparison,
‘ Prativastūpamā ’, so called because the position of the
‘ object compared to ’ (upamāna) is occupied by what is
expressed by a sentence (vastu).
Example.—
‘ Having once occupied the position of the Queen, how
can she revert to the position of an attendant ? Verily, a