काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER X 453
अत्र मुखेनोपमीयमानस्य शशिनः स्वल्पतरगुणत्वात्
उपमित्यनिष्पत्त्या ‘वअणिज्जं’ इति वचनीयपदाभिव्यङ्ग्य-
स्तिरस्कारः ।
क्वचित्तु निष्पन्नैवोपमितिक्रिया अनादरनिबन्धनम् । यथा
गर्वमसंवाह्यमिमं लोचनयुगलेन किं वहसि मुग्धे ।
सन्तीदृशानि दिशि दिशि सरस्सु ननु नीलनलिनानि ॥ ५५५ ॥
इहोपमेयीकरणमेवोत्पलानामानादरः ।
अनयैव रीत्या यत् असामान्यगुणयोगात् नोपमानभावमपि
अनुभूतपूर्वि तस्य तत्कल्पनायामपि भवति प्रतीपमिति प्रत्ये-
तव्यम् । यथा
to hear the calumny that is spreading : O slender-waisted
one, people are comparing the Moon to your face !’
The idea here is that the Moon which is compared to
the face being possessed of inferior qualities, the com-
parison is not correctly accomplished, and this contempt
(for the Moon) is suggested by the word ‘calumny’.
In some cases, the contempt is indicated by a com-
parison that is correctly accomplished. For instance, in
the following—
‘O deluded one, wherefore do you entertain bound-
less pride on account of your eyes ? There are in the
lakes on all sides, blue lotuses which are like them’.
Here the contempt for the lotuses consists in their being
made the objects compared.
In the same manner, when an object, possessed of a
unique property, not belonging to any other thing, and
hence never recognised as similar (i.e., bearing comparison)
to anything,—is represented as an object to which someth-
ing is compared,—this also is to be regarded as an instance
of the figure, Converse. For instance, in the following.—