काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

436 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
कुतोपि लक्षितः सूक्ष्मोप्यर्थोऽन्यस्मै प्रकाश्यते ॥ १२२॥
धर्मेण केनचिद् यत्र तत् सूक्ष्मं परिचक्षते ॥
कुतोपि आकारादिङ्गिताद्वा सूक्ष्मस्तीक्ष्णमतिसंवेद्यः ॥
उदाहरणम्–
वक्त्रस्यन्दिस्वेदबिन्दुप्रबन्धैर्दृष्ट्वा भिन्नं कुङ्कुमं कापि कण्ठे।
पुंस्त्वं तन्व्या व्यञ्जयन्ती वयस्या स्मित्वा पाणौ खड्गलेखां
लिलेख ॥५३०॥
अत्र आकृतिमवलोक्य कयापि वितर्कितं पुरुषायितम्
असिलतालेखनेन वैदग्ध्यादभिव्यक्तिमुपनीतम् पुंसामेव
कृपाणपाणिता योग्यत्वात् ॥
यथा वा
संकेतकालमनसं विटं ज्ञात्वा विदग्धया ।
ईषन्नेत्रार्पिताकूतं लीलापद्मं निमीलितम् ॥५३१॥
LXII.—Sūkṣma—Subtle.
Where a subtle fact somehow noticed, is expressed to another
person, by means of some property,—it is the Subtle.
‘Somehow’—Through appearance of gestures and so
forth.
‘Subtle’—Cognisable only by persons with keen
intelligence.
Example—
‘A certain friend, noticing the kuṅkuma paint on her
neck blurred by perspiration from the girl’s face, smiled
and painted the sword in her hand, with a view to indicate
her male character.’
What is depicted here is that on seeing the appearance
of the girl, her friend understood that she had behaved
like a male ; and this idea she very cleverly expressed to
her by the painting of the sword,—the proper place for
the sword being in the hand of a male only.