काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER I 3
यत् काव्यं लोकोत्तरवर्णनानिपुणकविकर्म तत् कान्तेव
सरसतापादनेनाभिमुखीकृत्य रामादिवद्वर्तितव्यं न रावणादि-
वदित्यूपदेशं च यथायोगं कवेः सहृदयस्य च करोतीति सर्वथा
तत्र यतनीयम् ॥२॥
एवमस्य प्रयोजनमुक्त्वा कारणमाह--
शक्तिर्निपुणता लोकशास्त्रकाव्याद्यवेक्षणात् ।
काव्यज्ञशिक्षयाभ्यास इति हेतुस्तदुद्भवे ॥ ३ ॥
शक्तिः कवित्वबीजरूपः संस्कारविशेषः यां विना काव्यं
न प्रसरेत् प्रसृतं वा उपहसनीयं स्यात् । लोकस्य स्थावर-
जङ्गमात्मकलोकवृत्तस्य । शास्त्राणां छन्दोव्याकरणाभिधान-
कोशकलाचतुर्वर्गगजतुरगखङ्गादिलक्षणग्रन्थानाम् । काव्यानां
followed literally). Such poetry is the work of poets,
clever in depicting things in a manner passing the com-
prehension of ordinary men , it offers to other poets and
cultured men counsel most persuasively, like a beloved
wife, by means of a moving tenderness in the manner of
it (that is, in the words)—counsel such as that one should
behave like Rāma and not like Rāvaṇa. As such, poetry
is by all means to be studied and cultivated. 2
Having defined the aims, the author now states the
source of poetry.
Poetic genius, knowledge born of a study of the world,
of sciences and of poems, and the practice of the teachings
of those versed in writing poetry—these three together constitute
the source of poetry. (3)
(1) Poetic genius, which may be called the germ of
poetry. This is a peculiar faculty, without which there
could either be no poetical work or, if there were, would
be ridiculous.