काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

4 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
च महाकविसंबन्धिनाम् । आदिग्रहणादितिहासाना च विमर्श-
नाद्व्युत्पत्ति. । काव्यं कर्तुं विचारयितु च ये जानन्ति तदुपदेशेन
करणे योजने च पौनःपुन्येन प्रवृत्तिरिति । त्रयः समुदिता. न तु
व्यस्ताः तस्य काव्यस्योद्भवे निर्माणे समुल्लासे च हेतुर्न तु
हेतवं ।। ३।।
एवमस्य कारणमुक्त्वा स्वरूपमाह—
तददोषौ शब्दार्थौ सगुणावनलंकृती पुनः क्वापि ।
दोषगुणालंकारा. वक्ष्यन्ते । क्वापीत्यनेनैतदाह यत् सर्वत्र
सालंकारौ क्वचित्तु स्फुटांलंकारविरहेपि न काव्यत्वहानि. ।
यथा
(2) Facility in composition, arising from a careful
study of—' objects,' i. e., of all kinds of objects, animate
as well as inanimate ; of the sciences, such as prosody,
grammar, lexicons, fine arts, the sciences dealing with
the four ends of life, and the sciences dealing with the
distinguishing qualities of elephants, horses and the
various weapons of warfare , and of poems, the works
of great poets. The word 'ādi' implies 'history' and
the rest.
(3) Frequent attempt at writing poetry, under the
direction of men capable of writing and appreciating it.
The above three conjointly, and not singly, constitute
the source, and not the sources, of poetry. 3.
Having thus stated the cause, the author next describes
the nature or character of poetry :
It consists in word and sense—without faults and with
merits and excellences of style—which may at times be
without Figures of Speech. (4)