काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER X 483
अत्र लता विभ्राजते न तु विभ्राजसे इति संबोध्यमाननिष्ठस्य
परभागस्य असंबोध्यमानविषयतया व्यत्यासात् पुरुषभेदः ।
गङ्गेव प्रवहतु ते सदैव कीर्तिः ॥५९६॥
इत्यादौ च गङ्गा प्रवहति न तु प्रवहतु इति अप्रवृत्तप्रवर्त-
नात्मनो विधेः । एवंजातीयकस्य चान्यस्यार्थस्य उपमानगतस्या-
संभवाद्विध्यादिभेदः ॥
ननु समानम् उच्चारितं प्रतीयमानं वा धर्मान्तरमुपादाय
पर्यवसितायाम् उपमायाम् उपमेयस्य प्रकृतधर्माभिसंबन्धान्न
कश्चित्कालादिभेदोस्ति । यत्राप्युपात्तेनैव सामान्यधर्मेण उपमा
अवगम्यते यथा “युधिष्ठिर इवायं सत्यं वदति” इतितत्र युधिष्ठिर
mean a change consequent upon the last portion of the
verb referring to the person addressed being applied to
an object not addressed; and thus there comes about
a diversity in the Person.
In the passage ‘Gaṅgevā pravahatu te sadaiva kīrtiḥ’—
‘May your reputation flow on for ever like the Gaṅgā’—
the form of the verb applicable to ‘Gaṅgā’ would be
‘pravahati’ and not ‘pravahatu’; so that the text involves
the diversity of the Imperative, whose function lies in
urging that which is not already engaged in the work
(which in this case is the ‘Reputation’, and not the Gaṅgā,
which is always flowing).
Many such diversities of the injunctive and other
factors are possible, as most of them are not applicable
to the object compared to.
An objection is raised—“As a matter of fact, the con-
ditions of the Simile are fulfilled when a property common
to the two objects has been comprehended, either as ex-
pressed by the words uttered or implied; and when the