काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

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अत्र प्रत्ययस्य । 'सुखमीहितुं वा' इति युक्तः पाठः ।
ते हिमालयमामन्त्र्य पुनः प्रेक्ष्य च शूलिनम् ।
सिद्धं चास्मै निवेद्यार्थं तद्विसृष्टाः खमुद्ययुः ॥ २४६ ॥
अत्र सर्वनाम्नः । 'अनेन विसृष्टाः' इति तु वाच्यम् ।
महीभृतः पुत्रवतोपि दृष्टिस्तस्मिन्नपत्ये न जगाम तृप्तिम् ।
अनन्तपुष्पस्य मधोर्हि चूते द्विरेफमाला सविशेषसङ्गा ॥२४७॥
Here the uniformity of the affix (Infinitive) is broken.
The right reading would be ‘sukhamīhitum vā’.
In the following we have an example of the ‘Violation
of the Uniformity’ of the Pronoun—
‘Te himālayamāmantrya punaḥ prekṣya cha shūlinam
Siddhaṁchāsmai nivedyārthaṁ tadvisṛṣṭāḥ khamudyayuḥ’
‘Having asked Himālaya and seen Shiva, communica-
ted to him the fulfilment of the purpose, and, having ob-
tained his leave, repaired to the skies’.
Here the uniformity of the pronoun is broken ; the
right form would have been ‘anena visṛṣṭāḥ’ (in place of
‘tadvisṛṣṭāḥ’, which latter points to some one different
from the person, Shiva, just mentioned).
In the following we have an example of the ‘Violation
of the Uniformity’ of the synonym—
‘Mahībhṛtaḥ putravatopi dṛṣṭis—
Tasminnapatye na jagāma tṛptim
Anantapuṣpasya madhorhi chūte
Dvirephamālā savisheṣāsaṅgā’.
‘Though he had sons, yet his eyes were never tired
of feasting upon that child ; though spring is full of endless
flowers, yet the line of black bees has a special attachment
for the mango.’

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अत्र पर्यायस्य । 'महीभृतोपत्यवतोपि' इति युक्तम् ।
'अत्र सत्यपि पुत्रे कन्यारूपेप्यपत्ये स्नेहोभूत्' इति केचित्सम-
र्थयन्ते ।
विपदोभिभवन्त्यविक्रमं रहयत्यापदुपेतमायतिः ।
नियता लघुता निरायतेरगरीयान्न पदं नृपश्रियः ॥२४८॥
अत्रोपसर्गस्य पर्यायस्य च । 'तदभिभवः कुरुते निरायतिम् ।
The right reading would have been ‘ mahībhṛtopatyava-
topi’ (which would be in keeping with ‘apatya’ in the
second line).
Some people defend the original reading on the ground
that it affords the meaning that—‘ though he had sons,
male children, yet, he had special love for the daughter,
the female child’. [A meaning which will not be available
if the suggested emendation were made].
In the following we have an example of the ‘ Violation
of the Uniformity’ of the prefix, as also of the synonym—
‘Vipadobhibhavantyavikramaṁ
Rahayatyāpadupetamāyatiḥ
Niyatā laghutā nirāyater—
Agarīyānna padaṁnṛpaśriyaḥ.’
‘Calamities press upon one who is devoid of courage ;
future prospects desert one who is beset with calamities ;
disrespect is the certain lot of one who is deprived of future
prospects ; and he who commands no respect is not the
receptacle of kingly splendour.’
[In the first sentence we have the term ‘vipat’, which is replaced
in the second sentence by ‘āpat’ the prefix being changed; again in
the preceding sentence we have the term ‘laghutā’, whose place in
the following sentence is taken by its synonym ‘agarīyān’.]
The right reading would be—
(a) ‘Tadabhibhavaḥ kurute nirāyatim’

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लघुतां भजते निरायतौर्लघुतावान्न पदं नृपश्रियः ॥ इति युक्तम् ।
काचित्कीर्णा रजोभिर्दिवमनुविदधौ मन्दवक्त्रेन्दुलक्ष्मी-
रश्रीकाः काश्चिदन्तर्दिश इव दधिरे दाहमुद्भ्रान्तसत्त्वाः ।
भ्रमुर्वात्या इवान्याः प्रतिपदमपरा भूमिवत्कम्पमानाः
प्रस्थाने पार्थिवानामशिवमिवि पुरो भावि नार्यः शशंसुः ॥ २४९॥
(b) ‘Laghutāṁ bhajate nirāyatiḥ’
(c) ‘Laghutāvanna padannṛpaśriyaḥ’ (fourth line)
In the following we have an example of the ‘Violation
of the Uniformity’ of number.
‘Kāchit kīrṇā rajobhirdivamanuvidadhau mandavaktrendu-
lakṣmīr-
Ashrīkāḥ kāśchidantardisha iva dadhire dāhamudbhrān-
tasattvāḥ
Bhremurvātyā ivānyāḥ pratipadamaparāḥ bhūmivat kam-
pamānāḥ
Prasthāne pārthivānāmashivamiti puro bhāvi nāryaḥ
shashaṁsuḥ.’
‘At the time of the king’s departure the women fore-
boded impending calamity;—while one was beset with
menstrual impurity and had her moon-like face bedimmed,
thereby resembling the atmosphere (dusty and with a dull
moon, a sign of coming trouble),—others, devoid of all
splendour and their minds unsteady under the fire of the
pangs of separation, resembled the quarters (dull and
amazing all animals by their red glare, another inauspicious
sign);—others again flitted about like storms (an inauspici-
ous sign), and another shook like the earth (earth-quake
being a premonition of impending disaster).’
[In the first we have the noun in the Singular number, while
throughout the following sentences of the verse, the Plural number
is used, and in the last sentence again we find the Singular number.]

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अत्र वचनस्य । ‘काश्चित्कीर्णा रजोभिर्दिवमनुविदधुर्मन्द-
वक्त्रेन्दुशोभा निःश्रीकाः’ इति ‘कम्पमानाः’ इत्यत्र ‘कम्पमापुः’
इति च पठनीयम् ।
गाहन्तां महिषा निपानसलिलं शृङ्गैर्मुहुस्ताडितं
छायाबद्धकदम्बकं मृगकुलं रोमन्थमभ्यस्यताम् ।
विश्रब्धैः क्रियतां वराहपतिभिर्मुस्ताक्षतिः पल्वले
विश्रान्तिं लभतामिदं च शिथिलज्याबन्धमस्मद्धनुः ॥२५०॥
अत्र कारकस्य । ‘विश्रब्धा रचयन्तु शूकरवरा मुस्ताक्षतिम्’
इत्यदुष्टम् ।
The right reading would be—
‘ Kāshchit kīrṇā rajobhīrdivamanuvidadhurmandavaktren-
dushobhāḥ, niḥshrīkāḥ &c., &c.....................kampamāpuḥ’
In the following we have an example of ‘ Violation
of the Uniformity ’ of the case-termination—
‘ Gāhantāṁ mahiṣā nipānasalilaṁ shṛṅgairmuhustāḍitam
Chhāyābaddhakadambakaṁ mṛgakulaṁ romanthamabhya-
syatām
Vishrabdhaiḥ kriyatāṁ varāhapatibhirmustākṣatiḥ palvale
Vishrāntiṁ labhatāmidaṁ cha shithilajyābandhamasmaddha-
nuḥ’ :
‘ The wild buffaloes may now dabble in the pools,
striking the water frequently with their horns ; the deer
herded under the shade may practise rumination ; the
huge boars may fearlessly destroy the long grass along
the tanks ;—this very bow also may obtain rest on having
its string slackened.’
[While we have the Active nominative ending throughout the
verse, in the third line we have the Passive nominative ending].
The right reading would be—
‘ Viṣbrabdhā rachayantu shūkaravarā mustākṣatim.’

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अकलिततपस्तेजोवीर्यप्रथिम्नि यशोनिधा-
ववितथमदाध्माते रोषान्मुनावभिगच्छति ।
अभिनवधनुर्विद्यादर्पक्षमाय च कर्मणे
स्फुरति रभसात्पाणिः पादोपसंग्रहणाय च ॥२५१॥
अत्र क्रमस्य । पादोपसंग्रहणायति पूर्वं वाच्यम् । एवमन्य-
दप्यनुसर्तव्यम् ॥
(२०) अविद्यमानः क्रमो यत्र । यथा
In the following we have ‘Violation of the Unifor-
mity’ of sequence —
‘ Akalitatapastejovīryaprathimni yashonidhā-
Vavitathamadādhmāte roṣānmunāvabhigachchhati·
Abhinavadhanurvidyādarpaḳṣamāya cha karmaṇe
Sphurati rabhasātpāṇiḥ pādopasaṅgrahaṇāya cha.’
‘ On the arrival of this sage, who is endowed with
greatness due to illimitable ascetic virtue, and is the
receptacle of fame, puffed with real haughtiness—my
arms suddenly throb for such action as would be in keep-
ing with the efficiency newly acquired in the science of
archery, and also for clasping his feet.’
The presence of ‘ascetic virtue’ is mentioned before
that of ‘haughtiness’, hence in the corresponding passage,
‘the clasping of the feet’ ‘pādopasaṅgrahaṇāya,’ which
would be the correlative of the presence of ascetic virtue,
should have been mentioned first (before the ‘efficiency
in Archery’ which would correspond with the sage’s
‘haughtiness’.)
Other similar examples may be cited.
(20) In the following we have the example of the
‘ Absence of Uniformity’.

240 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
द्वयं गतं संप्रति शोचनीयतां
समागमप्रार्थनया कपालिनः ।
कला च सा कान्तिमती कलावतः
त्वमस्य लोकस्य च नेत्रकौमुदी ॥२५२॥
अत्र त्वंशब्दानन्तरं चकारो युक्तः । यथा वा
शक्तिर्निस्त्रिंशजेयं तव भुजयुगले नाथ दोषाकरश्री-
र्वक्त्रे पार्श्वे तथैषा प्रतिवसति महाकुट्टनी खड्गयष्टिः ।
आज्ञेयं सर्वगा ते विलसति च पुरः किं मया वृद्धया ते
प्रोच्येवेत्थं प्रकोपाच्छशिकरसितया यस्य कीर्त्या प्रयातम् ॥२५३॥
‘ Dvayaṅgataṁ samprati shochanīyatāṁ
Samāgamaprārthanayā kapālinaḥ
Kalā cha sā kāntimatī kalāvatas-
Tvamashya lokasya cha netrakaumudī.’
(For translation, see above stanza No. 186).
The presence of the particle ‘ cha’ after ‘ tvam’ would
be proper (making the two correlated clauses more uni-
form).
Another example of the same—
‘ Shaktirnistriṁshajeyaṁ tava bhujayugale nātha doṣākaraśrīr
Vaktre pārshve tathaiṣā prativasati mahākuṭṭanī khaḍgayaṣṭiḥ
Ājñeyaṁ sarvagā te vilasati cha puraḥ kiṁ mayā vṛddhayā te
Prochyevetthaṁ prakopāchchhashikarasitayā yasya kīrtyā
prayātam.’
‘ “O Lord ! you have in your hands (in your arms, in
your embrace) this strength of your long sword (a prosti-
tute); in your face you have the splendour of the moon
(the receptable of blemishes); by your side hangs this
sword, a mighty slaughterer (a pandering woman); your
command, all-pervading (going to all men) dances before
you ;—what use can you have of myself, overgrown

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अत्र 'इत्थं प्रोच्येव' इति न्याय्यम् । तथा
'लग्नं रागावृताङ्ग्या० ॥ २५३ (क) ॥
इत्यादौ 'इति श्रीनियोगात्' इति वाच्यम् ॥
(२१) अमतः प्रकृतविरुद्धः परार्थो यत्र । यथा
राममन्मथशरेण ताडिता दुःसहेन हृदये निशाचरी ।
गन्धवद्रुधिरचन्दनोक्षिता जीवितेशवसतिं जगाम सा ॥ २५४॥
अत्र प्रकृते रसे विरुद्धस्य शृङ्गारस्य व्यञ्जकोऽपरोऽर्थः ॥५४॥
अर्थदोषानाह
अर्थोऽपुष्टः कष्टो व्याहतपुनरुक्तदुष्क्रमग्राम्याः ॥ ५५ ॥
संदिग्धो निर्हेतुः प्रसिद्धिविद्याविरुद्धश्च ।
अनवीकृतः सनियमानियमविशेषा विशेषपरिवृत्ताः ॥ ५६ ॥
(old) as I am"—Having said this the king’s Fame, white
as the moon’s rays, went forth, as if in a rage.’
Here the proper order of words would have been
‘ittham prochyeva.’
Another example of the same defect we have in the verse
‘Lagnaṁ rāgavṛtāṅgyā etc.’ (quoted above, stanza No. 241) ;
where the proper form would have been ‘iti shrīniyogāt’.
(21) In the following we have an example of
‘Undesirable Second Meaning’; i.e. where the words
have an implication repugnant to the context :—
‘The demoness, struck in her heart by the unbearable
arrows of the Cupid-like Rāma, went to the abode of the
Lord of Life, being smeared all over with her own sandal-
like stinking blood.’
Here the sentiment desired to be described is that of
Disgust,—and repugnant to this is the erotic sentiment
which is implied by the words used. 54.
The author now describes the defects of meaning (Ideal
Defects, as distinguished from Verbal Defects described
above).
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242 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
साकाङ्क्षोपद्युक्तः सहचरभिन्नः प्रकाशितविरुद्धः ।
विध्यनुवादायुक्तस्त्यक्तपुनःस्वीकृतोऽश्लीलः ॥ ५७ ॥
दुष्ट इति संबध्यते । क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
(१) अतिविततगगनसरणिप्रसरणपरिमुक्तविश्रमानन्दः ।
मरुदुल्लासितसौरभकमलाकरहासकृद्रविर्जयति ॥ २५५ ॥
अत्रातिविततत्वादयोऽनुपादानेऽपि प्रतिपाद्यमानमर्थं न
बाधन्त इत्यपुष्टाः न त्वसंगताः पुनरुक्ता वा ॥
The meaning is—(1) irrelevant, (2) obscure, (3) inconsistent,
(4) tautophonous, (5) irregular, (6) vulgar, (7) dubious, (8)
inconsequential, (9) opposed to prevailing notions, (10) opposed
to scientific notions, (11) monotonous, (12) too unspecific, (13)
too specific, (14) too restricted, (15) too unrestricted, (16)
incomplete, (17) misplaced, (18) mismatched, (19) of repugnant
implication, (20) with improper predicate, (2) with improper
adjunct, (22) resuming the concluded, and (23) indecorous. 55-57
The ‘meaning’ here referred to is to be understood
as the ‘defective’ meaning.
The following are the examples of the defects of mean-
ing in due order :—
(1) ‘Having renounced the pleasures of ease during
his constant journey through the very wide-spread ethereal
path, and making to smile the lotus which has its fragrance
wafted by the breeze—the sun shines resplendent.’
The epithets ‘very wide-spread’ (‘path’) and the rest
are such that even if they were dropped, there would be
no harm done to the sense ; hence they are ‘irrelevant’—
not ‘inconsistent’ or ‘tautological’.

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(२) सदा मध्ये यासामियममृतनिस्यन्दमधुरा
सरस्वत्युद्दामा वहति बहुमार्गा परिमलम् ।
प्रसादं ता एता घनपरिचिताः केन महतां
महाकाव्यव्योम्नि स्फुरितमधुरा यान्तु रुचयः ॥२५६॥
अत्र यासां कविरुचीनां मध्ये सुकुमारविचित्रमध्यमात्मक-
त्रिमार्गा भारती चमत्कारं वहति ताः गम्भीरकाव्यपरिचिताः
कथमितरकाव्यवत् प्रसन्ना भवन्तु । यासामादित्यप्रभाणां मध्ये
(2) The following is an example of the 'obscure'
meaning—
'Sadā madhye yāsāmiyamamṛtanisyandamadhurā
Sarasvatyuddāmā vahati bahumārgā parimalam
Prasādaṁ tā etā ghanaparichitāḥ kena mahatāṁ
Mahākāvyavyomni sphuritmadhurā yāntu ruchayaḥ.'
'How can the imaginative flashes of great poets attain
simplicity, when within them flows untramelled the Goddess
of Speech rendered sweet and passionate with the flow
of nectar, decked in various styles and carrying a peculiar
charm,—flashes which, assiduously practised, waft sweetness
in the atmosphere of Poetry?—How too (second entendre)
can the rays of the Twelve Sons become pleasant, when
in their midst flows untramelled the river Sarasvatī
sweet with flowing water, running in diverse directions
and spreading sweet fragrance,—the rays accompanied
by clouds and wafting sweet water in the atmosphere?'
The meaning of this, expressed too succinctly is as
follows—(a) 'The flashes of the poet's imagination,
wherein speech produces a peculiar charm through the
styles—the lucid, the picturesque and the medium,—
and which are found in deep poetry,—how can these
be easy, like ordinary poetry?—(b) 'The sun's rays,

त्रिपथगा वहति ता मेघपरिचिताः कथं प्रसन्ना भवन्तीति
संक्षेपार्थः ॥
(३) जगति जयिनस्ते ते भावा नवेन्दुकलादयः
प्रकृतिमधुराः सन्त्येवान्ये मनो मदयन्ति ये ।
मम तु यदियं याता लोके विलोचनचन्द्रिका
नयनविषयं जन्मन्येकः स एव महोत्सवः ॥२५७॥
अत्रेन्दुकलादयो यं प्रति पस्पशप्रायाः स एव चन्द्रिकात्व-
मुत्कर्षार्थमारोपयतीति व्याहतत्वम् ॥
(४) कृतमनुमतमित्यादि ॥२५८॥
अत्रार्जुनार्जुनेति भवद्द्भिरिति चोक्ते सभीमकिरीटिनामिति

CHAPTER VII 245
किरीटिपदार्थः पुनरुक्तः । यथा वा
अस्त्रज्वालावलीढप्रतिबलजलधेरन्तरौर्वायमाणे ।
सेनानाथे स्थितेस्मिन्मम पितरि गुरौ सर्वधन्वीश्वराणाम् ।
कर्णालं संभ्रमेण व्रज कृप समरं मुञ्च हार्दिक्य शङ्कां
ताते चापद्वितीये वहति रणधुरं को भयस्यावकाशः ॥२५९॥
अत्र चतुर्थपादवाक्यार्थः पुनरुक्तः ॥
(५) भूपालरत्न निर्दैन्यप्रदानप्रथितोत्सव ।
विश्राणय तुरङ्गं मे मातङ्गं वा मदालसम् ॥२६०॥
अत्र मातङ्गस्य प्राङ्निर्देशो युक्तः ।
has already mentioned the name of Arjuna twice in the
words preceding the verse.
Another example of the same we have in the follow-
ing :—
‘ While my father, the preceptor of all the foremost
archers, is acting like the submarine fire in the midst of
the ocean of the enemy-warriors licked by the flame of
his weapons, remains the commander of the army,—there
is no ground, O Karṇa ! for this flurry ! O Kṛpa repair
to the fray ! O Kṛtavarman, give up all fear ! While my
father, aided by his bow, is bearing the brunt of the battle,
where can there be any room for fear ? ’
Here what is said in the last foot of the verse is a need-
less repetition.
(5) [ Example of the ‘ Irregular ’ ]—
‘ O best of kings, who are known to rejoice in the
bestowing of wealth,—give to me a horse, or an elephant
in lethargic intoxication.’
The correct order would have been to mention the
‘ elephant ’ (the larger gift) first.

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(६) स्वपिति यावदयं निकटे जनः स्वपिमि तावदहं किमैपति.ते ।
तदपि सांप्रतमाहर कूर्परं त्वरितमूरुमुदञ्चय कुञ्चितम्॥२६१॥
एषोऽविदग्धः ।।
(७) मात्सर्यमुत्सार्येत्यादि ।।२६२।।
अत्र प्रकरणाद्यभावे संदेहः शान्तशृङ्गार्यन्यतराभिधाने तु निश्चयः ।।
(८) गृहीतं येनासीः परिभवभयान्नोचितमपि
प्रभावाद्यस्याभून्न खलु तव कश्चिन्न विषयः ।
परित्यक्तं तेन त्वमसि सुतशोकान्न तु भया-
द्विमोक्ष्ये शस्त्र त्वामहमपि यतः स्वस्ति भवते ।।२६३।।
(6) [Example of the ‘Vulgar’]—
‘While this person is asleep, I sleep by your side ;
what do you lose by that ?—So, you may remove your
elbows and spread out your thighs.’
The speaker here is entirely vulgar (in the expression
of his desire). 55.
(7) In the verse ‘mātsaryamutsārya etc.’ (see above, stanza
No. 133), the meaning is ‘dubious’ or doubtful until there is
some determining factor in the form of context and the like.
When, on the other hand, it is known whether the speaker
is a man of the erotic or the quietistic temperament, there
is no doubt regarding the meaning.
(8) [Example of the ‘Inconsequential’]
‘O weapon ! though such conduct was not consistent
with his caste, yet thou wert taken up by my father to
guard against ill-treatment ; through his valour, there
was nothing that did not fall within thy range ; now
thou hast been relinquished by him, not through fear,
but through grief for his son ;—I also am going to leave
thee in a place, where all may go well with thee !’

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अत्र शस्त्रमोचने हेतुर्नोपात्तः ॥
(९) इदं ते केनोक्तं कथय कमलातङ्कवदने
यदेतस्मिन् हेम्नः कटकमिति धत्से खलु धियम् ।
इदं तद् दुःसाधाक्रमणपरमास्त्रं स्मृतिभुवा
तव प्रीत्या चक्रं करकमलमूले विनिहितम् ॥२६४॥
अत्र कामस्य चक्रं लोकेप्रसिद्धम् । यथा वा
(९ अ) उपपरिसरं गोदावर्याः परित्यजताध्वगाः
सरणिमपरो मार्गस्तावद्भवद्भिरिहेक्ष्यताम् ।
इह हि विहितो रक्ताशोकः कयापि हताशया
चरणनलिनन्यासोदञ्चन्नवाङ्कुरकञ्चुकः ॥२६५॥
अत्र पादाघातेनाशोकस्य पुष्पोद्गमः कविषु प्रसिद्धो न पुनरङ्कु-
रोद्गमः ।
This supplies no reason why the speaker is giving up
his weapon.
(9) [Example of what “is contrary to prevalent
notions”]—
‘ O thou, whose face abashes the lotus ! who has told
you this, by virtue of which thou entertainest the notion
that this thing is a bangle of gold ? In reality, it is the
disc of the Love-god placed, through his love for you,
on your wrist, as the weapon capable of striking the most
invulnerable of men !’
The idea of the Love-god holding a disc is ‘ contrary
to all prevalent notions ’ regarding him.
Another example—
‘ O travellers ! Give up this path that passes along
the Godāvarī, and look out for another path ; as on this
spot the red Aśoka tree has grown fresh sprouts through
the action of the lotus-feet of some mischievous woman ’.

248 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
(सुसितवसनालंकारायां कदाचन कौमुदी-
महसि सुदृशि स्वैरं यान्त्यां गतोऽस्तमभूद्विधुः ।
तदनु भवतः कीर्तिः केनाप्यगीयत येन सा
प्रियगृहमगान्मुक्ताशङ्का क्व नासि शुभप्रदः ॥२६६॥
अत्रामूर्तापि कीर्तिः ज्योत्स्नावत्प्रकाशरूपा कथितेति लोक-
विरुद्धमपि कविप्रसिद्धेर्न दुष्टम् ॥)
(१०) सदा स्नात्वा निशीथिन्यां सकलं वासरं बुधः ।
नानाविधानि शास्त्राणि व्याचष्टे च शृणोति च ॥२६७॥
What is known as a poetical convention is that the touch
of woman’s feet leads to the appearance of blossoms,—and
not sprouts—on the Aśoka tree.
In cases where what is described is in keeping with
poetic convention, it is not defective, even though it may
be contrary to popular notions. For example, in the
following verse, though Fame, which is popularly known
to be formless, has been described as having the form of
light,—and to that extent it is contrary to popular notions,—
yet it is not regarded as defective, as it is in keeping with
poetic conventions.—
‘ While a certain beautiful-eyed woman, decked in white
garments and ornaments, was proceeding fearlessly in the
bright moon-light, the moon went down; after that your
fame was sung by some one, whereby she proceeded
unhesitatingly to the house of her lover ;—where is it that
you are not a source of happiness ?’
(10) [ An example of what is ‘ Unscientific.’]—
(a) ‘ The learned man always bathes at midnight and
expounds and listens to lectures upon the various scrip-
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ग्रहोपरागादिकं विना रात्रौ स्नानं धर्मशास्त्रेण विरुद्धम् ।
(१० अ) अनन्यसदृशं यस्य बलं बाह्वोः समीक्ष्यते ।
षाड्गुण्यानुसृतिस्तस्य सत्यं सा निष्प्रयोजना ॥२६८॥
एतत् अर्थशास्त्रेण ।
(१० आ) विधाय दूरे केयूरमनङ्गाङ्गणमङ्गना ।
बभार कान्तेन कृतां करजोल्लेखमालिकाम् ॥२६९॥
अत्र केयूरपदे नखक्षतं न विहितमिति । एतत्कामशास्त्रेण ।
(१० इ) कष्टाङ्गयोगपरिशीलनकीलनेन
दुःसाधसिद्धिसविधं विदधद्विदूरे ।
आसादयन्नभिमतामधुना विवेक-
ख्यातिं समाधिधनमौलिमणिर्विमुक्तः ॥२७०॥

Bathing at night, except on the occasion of an eclipse,
is contrary to the Scriptural Code.
(b) 'In the case of the king the strength of whose
arms is unequalled, the following of the dictates of 'the
Science of Six Limbs' (Political Science) is entirely useless.'
This is contrary to the Code of Polity.
(c) 'The woman, who is the very altar of the Love-
god, threw away her armlet, and wore (in its stead) the
series of nail-marks made by her lover.'
Nail-marks are not laid down as to be made on the
place where the armlet is worn ; hence what is said here
is contrary to the Science of Erotics.
(d) 'By the strenuous practice of the eight-limbed
Yoga, having laid aside the whereabouts of the unattain-
able success,—the chief of Yogins obtained the desired
discriminative wisdom and became released.'

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अत्र विवेकख्यातिस्ततः संप्रज्ञातसमाधिः पश्चादसंप्रज्ञा-
तस्ततो मुक्तिर्न तु विवेकख्यातौ। एतत् योगशास्त्रेण॥
एवं विद्यान्तरैरपि विरुद्धमुदाहार्यम्॥
(११) प्राप्ताः श्रियः सकलकामदुघास्ततः किम्
दत्तं पदं शिरसि विद्विषतां ततः किम्।
संतर्पिताः प्रणयिनो विभवैस्ततः किम्
कल्पं स्थितं तनुभृतां तनुभिस्ततः किम् ॥२७१॥
अत्र ततः किमिति न नवीकृतम्। तत्तु यथा
यदि दहत्यनलोत्र किमद्भुतं यदि च गौरवमद्रिषु किं ततः।
लवणमम्बु सदैव महोदधेः प्रकृतिरेव सतामविषादिता ॥२७२॥
The doctrine of the Science of Yoga being that—first
of all one obtains discriminative wisdom, then concrete
meditation, then abstract meditation and then Release;
and Release is not obtained immediately after discrimina-
tive wisdom. Hence what is here stated is opposed to the
Science of Yoga.
Similar examples of opposition to other Sciences may
be cited.
(11) [Example of ‘Monotony’]—
‘All-affording wealth has been attained;—what then?
The foot has been placed on the head of the enemy;—
what then? Friends have been fully supplied with riches;
—what then? The bodies of men have lasted for a whole
cycle;—what then?’
Here the frequent repetition of ‘what then’ is mono-
tonous. This ‘monotony’ is avoided in the following—
‘If fire burns,—what is the wonder? If mountains
are full of gravity,—what then? The water of the ocean
is ever salty. To great beings freedom from depression
comes naturally.’

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(१२) यत्रानुल्लिखितार्थमेव निखिलं निर्माणमेतद्विधेर्-
उत्कर्षप्रतियोगिकल्पनमपि न्यक्कारकोटिः परा ।
याताः प्राणभृतां मनोरथगतीरुल्लङ्घय यत्संपदस्
तस्याभासमणीकृताश्मसु मणेरश्मत्वमेवोचितम्॥२७३॥
अत्र ‘छायामात्रमणीकृताश्मसु मणेस्तस्याश्मतैवोचिता’
इति सनियमत्वं वाच्यम् ॥
(१३) वक्त्राम्भोजं सरस्वत्यधिवसति सदा शोण एवाधरस्ते
बाहुः काकुत्स्थवीर्यस्मृतिकरणपटुर्दक्षिणस्ते समुद्रः ।
(12) [Example of the ‘Too unspecific’ or ‘Too
generalised’]—
‘In view of the Chintāmaṇi jewel, the entire creation
of God becomes purposeless ; any mention of its excellences
would be the highest insult to it ; and its plentiful richness
has exceeded the bounds of human desire ; and yet when
it gets mixed up with pebbles, which have been rendered
gem-like through its reflection, it should be regarded as a
pebble only’.
Here some such specification as ‘through its mere reflec-
tion’ is necessary ; and the right reading of the last foot
therefore should be—‘chhāyāmātramaṇīkṛtāshmasu maṇes-
tasyāshmataivochitā.’
[Such specification would imply that the other gems belong to
an inferior category; and the absence of this specification places
the Chintāmaṇi on the same level as the other gems, which is not
what is intended by the poet.]
(13) [Example of the ‘Too specific’]—
‘The Sarasvatī river (Goddess of Learning) resides
permanently in your lotus-like mouth ; your under-lip
is the Shoṇa (red) itself ; your arm, which is capable of
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वाहिन्यः पार्श्वमेताः क्षणमपि भवतो नैव मुञ्चन्त्यभीक्ष्णं
स्वच्छेन्तर्मानसेस्मिन् कथमवनिपते तेम्बुपानाभिलाषः ॥२७४॥
अत्र ‘शोण एव’ इति नियमो न वाच्यः ॥
(१४) श्यामां श्यामलिमाप्तमानयत भोः सान्द्रैर्मषीकूर्चकैर्
मन्त्रं तन्त्रमथ प्रयुज्य हरत श्वेतोत्पलानां श्रियम् ।
चन्द्रं चूर्णयत क्षणाच्च कणशः कृत्वा शिलापट्टके
येन द्रष्टुमहं क्षमे दश दिशस्तद्वक्त्रमुद्राङ्किताः ॥२७५॥
अत्र ‘ज्योत्स्नीम्’ इति श्यामाविशेषो वाच्यः ॥
(१५) कल्लोलवेल्लितदृषत्परुषप्रहारै
रत्नान्यमूनि मकरालय मावमंस्थाः ।
किं कौस्तुभेन विहितो भवतो न नाम
याच्ञाप्रसारितकरः पुरुषोत्तमोपि ॥२७६॥
southern ocean (adorned with rings); these rivers (armies)
never leave your side even for a moment ; your inside
being the pure Mānasa lake (your inner heart being
clean),—how can there be any thirst of water for you ?'
Here the specification—'Shoṇa itself'—is one that
should not have been made.
(14) [Example of the 'Too unrestricted']—
'Make the night black with brushes of dense ink ;
destroy the beauty of the white lotuses by means of in-
cantations or herbs ; smash the moon to pieces on a slab
of stone ; so that I may be able to look upon all the quarters
marked with the stamp of her face.'
Here the 'night' should have been restricted to the
'bright, moon-lit.'
(15) [Example of the 'Too restricted']—
'O, thou abode of alligators ! do not ill-treat these
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अत्र ‘एकेन किं न विहितो भवतः स नाम’ इति सामान्यं वाच्यम् ।
(१६) अर्थित्वे प्रकटीकृतेपि न फलप्राप्तिः प्रभोः प्रत्युत
द्रुह्यन् दाशरथिर्विरुद्धचरितो युक्तस्तया कन्यया ।
उत्कर्षं च परस्य मानयशसोर्विस्त्रंसनं चात्मनः
स्त्रीरत्नं च जगत्पतिर्दशमुखो देवः कथं मृष्यते ॥२७७॥
अत्र स्त्रीरत्नम् ‘उपेक्षितुम्’ इत्याकाङ्क्षति । नहि परस्येत्य-
नेन संबन्धो योग्यः ॥
waves; was it not due to the Kaustubha-gem that even
Lord Viṣṇu himself was made to appear before you with
hands spread out to beg ?’
[Here the restricted mention by name of one particular
gem, the Kaustubha, is not very effective]:—the statement
should appear in a more generalised form—‘ was it not
due to one of these gems that even Lord etc.’
(16) [Example of the ‘ Incomplete ’]
‘ Arthitve prakaṭīkṛtepi na phalaprāptiḥ prabhoḥ pratyuta
Druhyan dāśarathirviruddhacharito yuktastayā kanyayā
Utkarṣaṁ cha parasya mānayashasorvisraṁsanañchātmanaḥ
Strīratnaṁ cha jagatpatirdaśamukho devaḥ kathaṁ mṛṣyate’
‘ O Lord ! even though you exhibited beggarliness,
yet the desired object has not been attained ; on the
contrary, to her has been wedded the son of Dasharatha,
your enemy, who hates you. How can you, the ten-
faced lord of the world, bear this superiority of the enemy,
and the derogation of your own pride and fame,—as also
the jewel among women ?’
Here the intended assertion is—‘ How can you bear
the idea of giving up the jewel among women ’; and inasmuch
as the passage as the term ‘ strīratnam ’ only, it is, to that
extent, ‘ incomplete.’ It might be urged that the term

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(१७) आज्ञा शक्रशिखामणिप्रणयिनी शास्त्राणि चक्षुर्नवं
भक्तिर्भूतपतौ पिनाकिनि पदं लङ्केति दिव्या पुरी।
उत्पत्तिर्द्रुहिणान्वये च तदहो नेदृग्वरो लभ्यते
स्याच्चेदेष न रावणः क्व नु पुनः सर्वत्र सर्वे गुणाः ॥२७८॥
अत्र 'स्याच्चेदेष न रावणः' इत्यत्र एव समाप्यम् ॥
(१८) श्रुतेन बुद्धिर्व्यसनेन मूर्खता मदेन नारी सलिलेन निम्नगा।
निशा शशाङ्केन धृतिःसमाधिना नयेन चालंक्रियते नरेन्द्रता॥२७९॥
'strīratnam' may be construed with 'parasya',—the sense
being 'how can you bear the idea that the jewel among
women belongs to another'. But such a construction is not
possible, [the term 'parasya' having been already cons-
trued with 'utkarṣam']
(17) [Example of the 'Misplaced.']—
'His command is borne by Indra on his head ; the
sciences constitute his efficient organ of vision ; his devo-
tion rests in Shiva, the lord of beings ; and beautiful
Laṅkā is his residence ; and his birth is in the family of
Brahmā ; thus, then, no such other bridegroom could be
found :—only if he were not Rāvaṇa (the Terrible) !
But wherein can all good qualities be found ?'
The sentence should have ended with 'only if he were
not Rāvaṇa'.
[As what is meant is that this single disqualification nullifies all
the aforesaid qualifications, and as such puts him out of court
as a suitable bridegroom. This sense is prevented by the subsequent
clause—'wherein &c.'—which is a sort of a palliative excuse for
the presence of a single disqualification as against a large number
of qualifications. which tends to indicate the suitability of Rāvaṇa].
(18) [Example of the 'Mismatched']—
'Intelligence is adorned by learning, illiteracy by
frivolity, woman by lasciviousness, the river by water,