काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER X 489
स्वयं च पल्लवाताम्रा भास्वत्करविराजिता ।
प्रभातसंध्येवास्वापफललुब्धेहितप्रदा ॥६०२ ॥ इति॥
अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसायामपि उपमेयम् अनयैव रीत्या प्रतीतं न
पुनः प्रयोगेण कदर्थतां नेयम् । यथा
आहूतेषु विहंगमेषु मशको नायान् पुरो वार्यते
मध्येवारिधि वावसंतृणमणिर्धत्ते मणीनां रुचम् ।
खद्योतोपि न कम्पते प्रचलितुं मध्येपि तेजस्विनां
धिक् सामान्यमचेतनं प्रभुमिवानासृष्टतत्त्वान्तरम् ॥६०३॥
अत्र अचेतनस्य प्रभोरप्रस्तुतविशिष्टसामान्यद्वारेणाभि-
व्यक्तौ न युक्तमेव पुनः कथनम् ॥
common properties, the Simile is not comprehended,
unless the object compared to is also mentioned. For example,
in the verse;—‘ Svayañcha pallavātāmra etc. etc. ’ (See
above, stanza No 377), [ where, if the ‘ dawn ’ had not
been mentioned, the Simile could not have been grasped ].
Similarly in the figure Indirect Description also, the
object compared should be comprehended in the same
manner (i. e. by the force of common epithets), and
should not be degraded by being directly mentioned. For
example, in the following verse.—
‘ On flying objects being invited, even the mosquito,
if it comes, is not prevented ; even the coral lying in the
bed of the ocean bears the splendour of a gem ; the firefly
also is not excluded from among shining objects ;—fie upon
this unintelligent and indiscriminate classification,
which resembles a dull and unappreciative master ’,—the
unintelligent master being already indicated by the mention
of such common properties as are not meant to be des-
cribed,—it was not right to mention him by name.