काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

32 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
यथा गङ्गाशब्द स्रोतसि सबाध इति तटं लक्षयति तद्वत्
यदि तटेऽपि सबाध स्यात् तत प्रयोजनं लक्षयेत । न च तटं
मुख्योर्थ. । नाप्यत्र बाधः । न च गङ्गाशब्दार्थस्य तटस्य पावन-
त्वादैर्लक्षणीये संबन्ध.। नापि प्रयोजने लक्ष्ये किचित् प्रयोजनम् ।
नापि गङ्गाशब्दस्तटमिव प्रयोजनं प्रतिपादयितुमसमर्थः ॥१६॥
एवमप्यनवस्था स्याद् या मूलक्षयकारिणी ।
of the indicative process) of bringing about the notion
of ‘sanctity’ and the rest, as it is of denoting the bank.
[The word ‘Gaṅgā’ is incapable of denoting the bank, hence for
the purpose of bringing about the notion of the bank, it has to seek
the help of Indication, but as regards ‘sanctity’ and the rest, the idea
of these can be brought about by the word ‘Gaṅgā’ itself, through
‘suggestion’]—16
Further, in this manner, there would be an infinite regress,
which would strike at the very root (of the intended com-
prehension).
If the purpose for which the original Indication has
been adopted were itself the object of a further Indica-
tion,—then for the second Indication there would be
another purpose; and in connection with the Indication
of this latter, there would be yet another purpose; and
so on and on, there would be an infinite regress, and the
result of this would be that the desired comprehension
would not be got at.
An objection is raised:—‘‘What the word ‘Gaṅgā’
indicates may be the bank as possessed of the qualities of
sanctity and the rest; and the purpose served by this indi-
cation is the bringing about of a notion that could not be
got at by the expression ‘the ranch on the bank of the
Gaṅgā’; and thus as Indication itself would provide the
comprehension of the bank along with the qualities, where
would be the need for having any ‘suggestion’ at all?’’