काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

394 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
वैधर्म्येण तु
तवाहवे साहसकर्मशर्मणः करं कृपाणान्तिकमानिनीषतः ।
भटाः परेषां विशरारुतामगुः दधत्यवात स्थिरतां हि पांसवः ॥४५६॥
१००-२.
सकृद्वृत्तिस्तु धर्मस्य प्रकृताप्रकृतात्मनाम् ।
सैव क्रियासु बह्वीषु कारकस्येति दीपकम् ॥ १०३ ॥
प्राकरणिकाप्राकरणिकानाम् अर्थात् उपमानोपमेयानां
धर्मः क्रियादिः एकवारमेव यत् उपादीयते तत् एकस्थस्यैव
समस्तवाक्यदीपनाद् दीपकम् । यथा
Exemplification per dissimilarity we find in the follow-
ing.—
‘When you, who delight in valorous deeds in battle,
extended your hand towards the sword, your enemies
became shattered ; it is only in the absence of the wind
that dusts lie undisturbed.’ 100–102.
XV—Dipaka—Illuminator.
—(a) When the (common) property belonging to
several objects—that to be described, as well as those
not to be described,—occurs once,—and (b) when a
single substantive occurs in connection with several
verbs,—it is the Illuminator. 103.
(a) When a ‘common property’,—in the shape of
an action and so forth,—belonging to ‘several objects,
that to be described, as well [as those not to be
described’,—i.e., the object compared and the objects com-
pared to,—is mentioned only once, it is Illuminator,
‘Dīpaka’; so-called because the term expressing the
property, though occurring only once, ‘illumines’ the
entire sentence.

CHAPTER X 395
किवणाणं धणं णागाणं फणमणी केशराइँ सीहाणं ।
कुलबालिआणं थणआ कुत्तो छिप्पन्ति अमुआणं ॥४५७॥
कारकस्य च बह्वीषु क्रियासु सकृद्वृत्तिर्दीपकम् । यथा
स्विद्यति कूणति वेल्लति विचलति निमिषति विलोकयति तिर्यक् ।
अन्तर्नन्दति चुम्बितुमिच्छति नवपरिणया वधूः शयने॥४५८॥१०३
मालादीपकमाद्यं चेद्यथोत्तरगुणावहम् ।
पूर्वेण पूर्वेण वस्तुना उत्तरमुत्तरं चेदुपक्रियते तत् मालादीपकम् ।
यथा
संग्रामाङ्गणमागतेन भवता चापे समारोपिते
देवाकर्णय येन येन सहसा यद्यत्समासादितम् ।
कोदण्डेन शराः शरैररिशिरस्तनापि भूमण्डलं
तेन त्वं भवता च कीर्तिरतुला कीर्त्या च लोकत्रयम् ॥४५९॥
Example :—
'The wealth of misers, the head-jewel of serpents,
the mane of lions, and the breasts of girls belonging to
noble families,—how can these be touched until they are
dead ?'
(b) It is Illuminator also when a single substantive occurs
in connection with several verbs.—
Example :—
'The newly-wedded wife, when brought to the bed,
perspires, shrinks, turns, moves away, closes her eyes,
casts side-long glances, rejoices within herself, and longs
to bestow a kiss. 103.
It is the Stringed Illuminator where what precedes imparts
excellence to what follows.
If what follows is helped by what precedes it,—then
we have the Stringed Illuminator.
Example.—
'Saṅgrāmāṅgaṇamāgatena' etc.' (See above stanza
No. 229.)
II–7

396 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
नियतानां सकृद्धर्मः सा पुनस्तुल्ययोगिता ॥ १०४ ॥
नियतानां प्राकरणिकानामेव अप्राकरणिकानामेव वा । क्रमेणो-
दाहरणम्—
पाण्डु क्षामं वदनं हृदयं सरसं तवालसं च वपुः ।
आवेदयति नितान्तं क्षेत्रियरोगं सखि हृदन्तः ॥४६०॥
कुमुदकमलनीलनीरजालिर्ललितविलासजुषोर्दृशोः पुरः का ।
अमृतममृतरश्मिरम्बुजन्म प्रतिहतमेकपदे तवाननस्य ॥४६१॥१०४
उपमानाद्यदन्यस्य व्यतिरेकः स एव सः ।
अन्यस्योपमेयस्य व्यतिरेक आधिक्यम् ।
XVI—Tulyayogitā.—Equal Pairing.
The single mention of a property as belonging to a number
of things of the same kind constitutes Equal Pairing 104.
'Things of the same kind'—(a) all being such as are
meant to be described, (i.e. objects compared) or (b) all
being such as are not meant to be described (i. e., objects
compared to). Examples in order.—
(a) 'Pāṇḍu kṣāmaṁ vadanaṁ etc.,' (see above, stanza
No. 332.)
[Here the property, being indicative of the disease, is common to
several things, every one of which is meant to be described.]
(b) 'In the presence of your eyes, lovely and elegant,
what is the line of white, red and blue lotuses?—And
the Nectar, the Moon and the Lotus have been subdued,
at a single stroke, by your face'.
[Here the properties are described as belonging to two sets of
things. Both of those to which the eyes and the face are compared.] 104.
XVII—Vyatireka—Dissimilitude.
The dissimilitude of the other to the 'object compared to'
constitutes the figure of the same name.
'Of the other'—i.e., of the object compared.
'Dissimilitude'—Superiority.

CHAPTER X 397
क्षीणः क्षीणोपि शशी भूयो भूयोभिवर्धते सत्यम् ।
विरम प्रसीद सुन्दरि यौवनमनिवर्ति यातं तु॥४६२॥
इत्यादावुपमानस्योपमेयादाधिक्यमिति केनचिदुक्तम्
तदयुक्तम् । अत्र यौवनगतास्थैर्याधिक्यं हि विवक्षितम् ॥
हेत्वोरुक्तावनुक्तीनां त्रये साम्ये निवेदिते ॥ १०५ ॥
शब्दार्थाभ्यामथाक्षिप्ते श्लिष्टे तद्वत्त्रिरष्ट तत् ।
व्यतिरेकस्य हेतुः उपमेयगतमुत्कर्षनिमित्तम् । उपमानगतम-
पकर्षकारणम् । तयोर्द्वयोरुक्तिः, एकतरस्य द्वयोर्वा अनुक्ति-
रित्यनुक्तित्रयम् । एतद्भेदचतुष्टयमुपमानोपमेयभावे शब्देन
[ Example ]—
‘ The Moon, though reduced again and again, really
rises also again and again ; but youth, O beautiful one,
once gone, never returns ; so cease and be propitiated ’.
Here the ‘ superiority ’, belonging to ‘ youth ’ (which
is the object compared), lies in its ephemeral character (in
which point it is superior to the Moon, the object com-
pared to). So that the assertion of some people that “ this
verse depicts the ‘ superiority ” of the object compared to
(the Moon) over the object compared (youth) ”, is not right.
It is of twenty-four kinds :—(1) When the ground (of
dissimilitude) is mentioned ; (2-4) the three cases where the said
ground is not mentioned ;—each of these (four) has the similitude
either expressed by word or expressed by meaning, or implied ;—
and each of these (twelve) again occurs in a paronomatic word also.
The ground of dissimilitude—i.e., the ground of the
superiority of the object compared and the ground of
the inferiority of the object compared to—when both these
are mentioned [it is one kind of Dissimilitude] ;—where
one or the other of these, or both, are not mentioned [we

398 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
प्रतिपादिते आर्थेन च क्रमेणोक्ताश्चत्वार एव भेदाः ।
आक्षिप्ते चौपम्ये तावन्त एव । एवं द्वादश ।। एते श्लेषेपि भव-
न्तीति चतुर्विंशतिर्भेदाः । क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
असिमात्रसहायस्य प्रभूतारिपराभवे ।
अन्यतुच्छजनस्येव न स्मयोस्य महाधृतेः ।।४६३।।
अत्रैव तुच्छेति महाधृतेरित्यनयोः पर्यायेण युगपद्दानपादा-
नेन्यत् भेदत्रयम् । एवमन्येष्वपि द्रष्टव्यम् । अत्र इवशब्दस्य
सद्भावाच्छाब्दमौपम्यम् ।
असिमात्रसहायोपि प्रभूतारिपराभवे ।
नैवान्यतुच्छजनवत्सगर्वोयं महाधृतिः ।।४६४।।
have the three other kinds of Dissimilitude];—we have
those four kinds, when the comparison is expressed by
words; another four kinds, when each of the said four has
the comparison expressed by meaning ;—and yet another
four kinds when each of them has the comparison only
implied ;—thus there are twelve varieties (of this figure).—
Each of these occurs also in paronomatic expressions
(expressions with double meanings),—and thus we get
the twenty-four varieties of Dissimilitude.
Examples in order—(1-4) ‘ To this person, possessed
of great dignity, pride did not come,—as it does to other
inferior persons, —when he suppressed his enemies with
the help of his sword only.’
The person described being ‘ possessed of great dignity’,
and the other persons being ‘ inferior ’, are the grounds
of Dissimilitude ;—and when either one of these is not
mentioned, and when both of them are not mentioned, we
have the other three varieties.—In this case, as the sentence
contains the word ‘ iva ’, the comparison is ‘ directly
expressed by words ’.

CHAPTER X 399
अत्र तुल्यार्थे वतिरित्यार्थमौपम्यम् ।
इयं सुनयना दासीकृततामरसश्रिया ।
आननेनाकलङ्केन जयतीन्दुं कलङ्किनम् ॥४६५॥
अत्रेवादितुल्यादिपदविरहेण आक्षिप्तैवोपमा ।
जितेन्द्रियतया सम्यग्विद्यावृद्धनिषेविणः ।
अतिगाढगुणस्यास्य नाब्जवद्भङ्गुरा गुणाः ॥४६६॥
अत्रेवार्थे वतिः । गुणशब्दः श्लिष्टः । शाब्दमौपम्यम् ॥
(5) 'This person, possessed of great dignity, did not
become proud,—anyatuchchhajanavat, like other inferior
persons,—when suppressed his enemies with the help
of his sword only.'
Here the comparison is 'expressed by the meaning',
as it is expressed by the affix 'vati', which denotes simi-
larity.
(6) 'This beautiful-eyed woman subdues 'the spotted
moon with her spotless face, which has subjugated the
loveliness of the lotus'.
In the absence of any such term as 'iva', 'tulya' and
the like (which could express it), the comparison here is
only 'implied'.
(7) Jitendriyatayā samyagvidyāvṛddhaniṣeviṇaḥ
Atigāḍhaguṇasyāsya nābjavad bhaṅgurā guṇāḥ.
'This man, possessed of unfathomable excellences
and devoted to persons of sound learning, having sub-
jugated his senses,—his guṇas (qualities) are not ephemeral
like the guṇas (threads) of the lotus.'
` Here the affix 'vati' is synonymous with 'iva' and the
term 'guṇa' contains a Pun.

400 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अखण्डमण्डलः श्रीमान् पश्यैष पृथिवीपतिः ।
न निशाकरवज्जातु कलावैकल्यमागतः ॥४६७॥
अत्र तुल्यार्थे वतिः । कलाशब्दः श्लिष्टः ।
मालाप्रतिवस्तूपमावत् मालाव्यतिरेकोपि संभवति ।
तस्यापि भेदा एवमूह्याः । दिङ्मात्रमुदाह्रियते । यथा
हरवन्न विषमदृष्टिर्हरिवन्न विभो विधूतविततवृषः ।
रविवन्न चातिदुःसहकरतापितभूः कदाचिदसि ॥४६८॥
अत्र तुल्यार्थे वतिः । विषमादयश्च शब्दाः श्लिष्टाः ।
(8) ‘ Akhaṇḍamaṇḍalaḥ shrīmān pashyaiṣa pṛthivīpatiḥ
Na nishākaravajjātu kalāvaikalyamāgataḥ’.
‘Lo, this blessed Lord of the Earth, with an unbroken
stretch of empire, has never been deprived of his splendour,
as the full Moon is of its digits.’
Here the affix ‘vati’ is used in the sense of ‘iva’, and
there is a pun upon the term ‘kalā.’
Just as we have the ‘Stringed Typical Comparison’,
so it is possible to have the ‘Stringed Dissimilitude’
also ; of which also we may deduce the number of varieties
(as in the case of simple Dissimilitude). Of these we are
exemplifying only a few.
‘ Haravanna viṣamadṛṣṭiḥ harivanna vibho vidhūtavitatavṛṣaḥ
Ravivanna chātiduḥsahakaratāpitabhūḥ kadāchidasi’.
‘You, O Lord, are never viṣamadṛṣṭi, partial,—as Hara
is viṣamadṛṣṭi, possessed of three eyes; you are never
vidhūtavitatavṛṣa, one who has shaken off the all-impor-
tant Dharma,—as Hari is vidhūtavitatavṛṣa, one who has
destroyed the huge demon Vṛṣāsura; you are never
atiduḥsahakaratāpitabhūḥ, one who has oppressed the
world with very unbearable taxes,—as the Sun is atiduḥsaha-

CHAPTER X 401
नित्योदितप्रतापेन त्रियामामीलितप्रभः ।
भास्वतानेन भूपेन भास्वानेष विनिर्जितः ॥४६९॥
अत्र ह्याक्षिप्तैवोपमा भास्वतेतिश्लिष्टः । यथा वा
स्वच्छात्मतागुणसमुल्लसितेन्दुबिम्बं
बिम्बप्रभाधरमकृत्रिमहृद्यगन्धम् ।
यूनामतीव पिबतां रजनीषु यत्र
तृष्णां जहार मधु नाननमङ्गनानाम् ॥४७०॥
karatāpitabhūḥ, one who has heated the Earth with his
extremely unbearable rays’.
Here the affix ‘vati’ is throughout used in the sense
of ‘iva’ and there are Puns upon the terms ‘viṣama’ and
the rest.
‘Nityoditapratāpena triyāmāmīlitaprabhaḥ
Bhāsvatānena bhūpena bhāsvāneṣa vinirjitaḥ’.
‘The Bhāsvān, Sun, who has his glory suppressed
at night, has been subdued by the bhāsvān, resplendent,
King whose glory is ever manifest’.
Here the comparison is ‘implied’, and there is Pun
upon the term ‘bhāsvān’.
Another example of the same kind—
‘Svachchhātmatāguṇasamullasitendubimbaṁ
Bimbaprabhādharamakṛtrimahṛdyagandham
Yūnāmatīva pibatāṁ rajanīṣu yatra
Tṛṣṇāṁ jahāra madhu nānanamaṅganānām’.
‘During the nocturnal drinking bouts, though the
wine allayed the desire of the young men for drinking,
yet women’s faces did not allay their desire for kissing;—
the wine (a) reflecting the bright disc of the Moon, (b) bearing
the likeness of the red Bimba fruit, and (c) possessed of natural

402 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
अत्रेवादीनां तुल्यादीनां च पदानामभावेपि श्लिष्टविशेषणै-
राक्षिप्तैवोपमा प्रतीयते । एवंजातीयकाः श्लिष्टोक्तियोग्यस्य
पदस्य पृथगुपादानेन्येपि भेदाः संभवन्ति । तेपि अनयैव
दिशा द्रष्टव्याः ॥
निषेधो वक्तुमिष्टस्य यो विशेषाभिधित्सया ॥ १०६ ॥
वक्ष्यमाणोक्तविषयः स आक्षेपो द्विधा मतः ।
विवक्षितस्य प्राकरणिकत्वादनुपसर्जनीकार्यस्य अशक्य-
वक्तव्यत्वमतिप्रसिद्धत्वं वा विशेषं वक्तुं निषेधो निषेध इव
यः स वक्ष्यमाणविषय उक्तविषयश्चेति द्विधा आक्षेपः ।
fragrance; and the face, (a) resembling the shining Moon, (b)
with lips resembling the Bimba fruit, and (c) with natural
fragrance.'
In the absence of any such terms as 'iva' 'tulya'
and the like, the comparison is found to be 'implied'
by the epithets with double meanings.
In this manner, other varieties are also possible, even
in the absence of any separate mention of words capable
of being used with double meanings. These also may be
illustrated in the same manner as above.
XVIII.—Ākṣepa—Hint.
When something desired to be said is, as if, suppressed, for the
purpose of conveying a special idea, it is Hint; and it is of two
kinds, as having its subject, either (a) about to be mentioned, or
(b) already mentioned.
When something is desired to be said, and is such
that cannot be entirely ignored,—and the speaker,
anxious to convey (or emphasise) the idea, either (a) of its
being something, that cannot be spoken of, or (b) of its
being something too well known (to be spoken of),—

CHAPTER X 403
क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
ए एहि किंपि कीएवि कएण णिक्किव भणामि अलमहवा ।
अविआरिकज्जआरम्भारिणी मरउ ण भणिस्सं ॥४७१॥
ज्योत्स्ना मौक्तिकदाम चन्दनरसः शीतांशुकान्तद्रवः
कर्पूरं कदली मृणालवलयान्यम्भोजिनीपल्लवाः ।
अन्तर्मानसमास्त्वया प्रभवता तस्याः स्फुलिङ्गोत्कर-
व्यापाराय भवन्ति हन्त किमनेनोक्तेन न ब्रूमहे ॥४७२॥
suppresses it,—i.e., he makes what appears to be a suppress-
ion of it ; and this suppression may be such as has its
subject either (a) about to be mentioned, or (b) already
mentioned ;—and these are two kinds of the figure Hint.
Exampls in order :—
(a) ‘O ! come, I shall tell you, O cruel one ! some-
thing about a certain person ;—or no ; I shall not say it ;—
when she has taken an inconsiderate step, let her die !’
[What is ‘desired to be said’ here is the extreme pang of separa-
tion being borne by the girl ; and in order to convey the idea that it is
something indescribable, the speaker suppresses it ; and the subject
is not mentioned, it is only about to be mentioned.]
(b) ‘Moon-light, pearl-necklace, sandal-juice, the
fluid flowing from the lunar gem, camphor, plantain-
roots, bracelets of lotus-stalks and lotus-leaves—all
these act like sparks of fire upon her, on account—Ah !—
of yourself, who have taken possession of her heart ;—
Woe to me !—what is the use of saying it ?—I shall not
say it.’
[Here what is desired to be described is the love-pang of the
girl under separation ; and in order to convey the idea of its being
too well-known, the speaker suppresses it,—but only after the sub-
ject has been already mentioned.]

404 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
क्रियायाः प्रतिषेधेऽपि फलव्यक्तिर्विभावना ॥ १०७ ॥
हेतुरूपक्रियायाः निषेधेऽपि तत्फलप्रकाशनं विभावना । यथा
कुसुमितलताभिरहताप्यधत्त रुजमलिकुलैरदष्टापि ।
परिवर्तते स्म नलिनीलहरीभिरलोलिताप्यघूर्णत सा ॥४७३॥
१०-१०७
विशेषोक्तिरखण्डेषु कारणेषु फलावचः ।
मिलितेष्वपि कारणेषु कार्यस्याकथनं विशेषोक्तिः । अनुक्त-
निमित्ता उक्तनिमित्ता अचिन्त्यनिमित्ता च ।
IX.—Vibhāvanā—Peculiar Causation.
Peculiar Causation consists in the mention of the effect,
even though there is denial of the cause. 106–107.
When, even though the cause, in the shape of
a particular action, is denied, the appearance of the effect
of that cause is described, it is Peculiar Causation.
Example.—
‘Even though unstruck by the blossoming creeper
she felt pain ; even though not stung by the black bees,
she turned aside ; even though not shaken by the lotus-
leaves, she swerved round [all this by reason of her love-
pangs.]’ 10–107.
XX.—Viśeṣokti—Peculiar Allegation.
Peculiar Allegation consists in the omission to affirm the
effects, even when its causes are present in full force.
When, even in the combined presence of all its
causes, the effect is not affirmed, it is Peculiar Allegation.
It is of three kinds—(a) having the reason (of the non-
appearance of the effect) not mentioned, (b) having the
reason mentioned and (c) having the reason such as is
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क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
निद्रानिवृत्तावुदिते द्युरत्ने सखीजने द्वारपदं पराप्ते ।
श्लथीकृताश्लेषरसे भुजङ्गे चचाल नालिङ्गनतोऽङ्गना सा ॥४७४॥
कर्पूर इव दग्धोपि शक्तिमान् यो जने जने ।
नमोस्त्ववार्यवीर्याय तस्मै मकरकेतवे ॥४७५॥
स एकस्त्रीणि जयति जगन्ति कुसुमायुधः ।
हरतापि तनुं यस्य शम्भुना न बलं हृतम् ॥४७६॥
यथासंख्यं क्रमेणैव क्रमिकाणां समन्वयः ॥ १०८ ॥
Examples in order—
(a) ‘Though sleep had ceased, the Sun had risen, the
friends had come to the door, and the lover had slackened
the impetuosity of his embrace,—yet the woman did not
move away from the embrace.’
[Here the reason for the non-appearance of the effect, which
consists in the depth of the woman’s feelings, is not mentioned.]
(b) ‘All obeisance to the Love-god of impressible
prowess, who, though consumed like camphor, is yet
puissant over every individual !’
[Here we have the reason mentioned, in the shape of the ‘irre-
pressible prowess’ of the god.]
(c) ‘Glorious is the Love-god, who single-handed
conquers the three worlds, and whose power was not
wrested by Shiva, when he deprived him of his body.’
[The destruction of the body would be sure to bring about the
destruction of the power; and the reason, why Shiva did not do the
latter when he did the former, is one that we cannot conceive of.]
XXI—Yathāsaṅkhya—Symmetrical.
The Symmetrical consists in the orderly connection among
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यथा
एकस्त्रिधा वससि चेतसि चित्रमत्र
देव द्विषां च विदुषां च मृगीदृशां च ।
तापं च संमदरसं च रतिं च पुष्णन्
शौर्योष्मणा च विनयेन च लीलया च ॥४७७॥ १०८॥
सामान्यं वा विशेषो वा तदन्येन समर्थ्यते ।
यत्तु सोऽर्थान्तरन्यासः साधर्म्येणेतरेण वा ॥ १०९ ॥
साधर्म्येण वैधर्म्येण वा सामान्यं विशेषेण यत् समर्थ्यते
विशेषो वा सामान्येन सोऽर्थान्तरन्यासः । क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
निजदोषावृतमनसामतिसुन्दरमेव भाति विपरीतम् ।
पश्यति पित्तोपहतः शशिशुभ्रं शङ्खमपि पीतम् ॥४७८॥
Example—
‘O Lord, how wonderful is it that, though single,
you live in three ways—in the hearts (a) of enemies,
(b) of learned men and (c) of fawn-eyed women,—pro-
ducing in them, (a) pain, (b) joyous feelings and (c) love,
through (a) the force of your valour, (b) your humility
and (c) your amorous sportings.’ 108.
XXII—Arthāntaranyāsa—Transition.
Where either a Universal or a Particular is supported by its
converse,—either through similitude or otherwise,—it is
Transition. 109.
When, either through similitude, or dissimilitude,—a
Universal is supported by a Particular, or a Particular is
supported by a Universal,—it is Transition.
Examples in order—
(a) ‘To persons whose minds are enveloped in their
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सुसितवसनालंकारायां कदाचन कौमुदी-
महसि सुदृशि स्वैरं यान्त्यां गतोस्तमभूद्विधुः ।
तदनु भवतः कीर्तिः केनाप्यगीयत येन सा
प्रियगृहमगान्मुक्ताशङ्का क्व नासि शुभप्रदः ॥४७९॥
गुणानामेव दौरात्म्याद् धुरि धुर्यो नियुज्यते ।
असंजातकिणस्कन्धः सुखं स्वपिति गौर्गलिः ॥४८०॥
अहो हि मे बह्वपराद्धमायुषा यदप्रियं वाच्यमिदं मयेदृशम् ।
त एव धन्याः सुहृदः पराभवं जगत्यदृष्ट्वैव हि ये क्षयं गताः ॥४८१॥
१०९॥
विरोधः सोविरोधेपि विरुद्धत्वेन यद्वचः ।
be the reverse : a person suffering from bile sees the
snow-white conch also as yellow.’
[Here a universal statement is supported by a particular case
through similarity.]
(b) ‘Susitavasanālaṅkārāyāṃ’ etc. etc.,’ (see above stanza
No. 266.)
[Here a particular statement is supported through
similarity by a Universal one.]
(c) ‘It is on account of the evil nature of good qua-
lities that the capable person is employed in a difficult
task ; the worthless bull whose shoulder is not hardened
by work sleeps comfortably.’
[Here a universal case is supported by a particular one, but through
similarity.]
(d) ‘Oh, much harm has been done by my life that I have
had to say such a disagreeable thing ! Blessed are those that
have died without witnessing the calamity of their friends.’
[Here the particular is supported by the universal, through dissi-
milarity.] 109.
XXIII—Virodha—Contradiction
When something is spoken of as contradictory, even when
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वस्तुवृत्तेनाविरोधेपि विरुद्धयोरिव यदभिधानं स विरोधः ।
जातिश्चतुर्भिरित्याद्यैर्विरुद्धा स्याद्गुणस्त्रिभिः ॥ ११० ॥
क्रिया द्वाभ्यामपि द्रव्यं द्रव्येणैवेति ते दश ।
क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
अभिनवनलिनीकिसलयमृणालवलयादि दवदहनराशिः ।
सुभग कुरङ्गदृशोस्या विधिवशतस्त्वद्वियोगपविपाते ॥४८२॥
गिरयोप्यनुन्नतिजुजो मरुदप्यचलोब्धयोप्यगम्भीराः ।
विश्वंभराप्यतिलघुर्नरनाथ तवान्तिके नियतम् ॥४८३॥
येषां कण्ठपरिग्रहप्रणयितां संप्राप्य धाराधरस्
तीक्ष्णः सोप्यनुरज्यते च कमपि स्नेहं पराप्नोति च ।
When, as a matter of fact, there is no real contra-
diction between two things,—and they are spoken of as
if they were contradictory,—it is the Figure Contradiction.
(1—4) The Universal contradicted by the four, (1) Universal
[(2) Quality, (3) Action and (4) Substance], —(5—7) the
Quality contradicted by three [i.e. Quality, Action and Sub-
stance], —(8—9) Action contradicted by two [i. e. Action and
Substance] —and (10) Substance contradicted by Substance;—
thus this Figure is of ten kinds.
Examples in order—(1) [Community contradicted by
Community.]
'O handsome one ! at the sudden thunderfall of your
separation, fresh lotus leaves, bracelets of lotus—stalk
and such other things appear to the fawn-eyed one, like
heaps of flaming fuel.'
(2) [Community contradicted by Quality]—
'O King ! in your presence Mountains become devoid
of height, Winds become motionless, the Ocean, devoid
of depth, and the Earth, extremely light.'

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तेषां संगरसङ्गसक्तमनसां राज्ञां त्वया भूपते
पांसूनां पटलैः प्रसाधनविधिर्निर्वर्त्यते कौतुकम् ॥४८४॥
सृजति च जगदिदमवति च संहरति च हेलयैव यो नियतम् ।
अवसरवशतः शफरो जनार्दनः सोपि चित्रमिदम् ॥४८५॥
सततं मुसलासक्ता बहुतरगृहकर्मघटनया नृपते ।
द्विजपत्नीनां कठिनाः सति भवति कराः सरोजसुकुमाराः ॥४८६॥
पेशलमपि खलवचनं दहतितरां मानसं सत्तत्त्वविदाम् ।
परुषमपि सुजनवाक्यं मलयजरसवत् प्रमोदयति ॥४८७॥
(3) [Community contradicted by Action]—
‘ How wonderful it is that you perform, with the
dust (of the battlefield) the toilet of your enemies, whose
heart is in the battle, and by obtaining the hold of whose
necks your sharp sword became reddened (impassioned)
and acquired smoothness (affection).’
(4) [Community contradicted by Substance]—
‘ It is strange that Viṣṇu, who creates, protects and
destroys the universe with ease, becomes, when occasion
presents itself, a small fish.’
(5) [Quality contradicted by Quality]—
‘ The hands of Brāhmaṇa-women, which had become
hardened by the handling of the wooden mallet, in the
course of household duties, have, during your reign,
become soft like the lotus.’
(6) [Quality contradicted by Action]—
‘ The words of the wicked, even though soft, burn
the hearts of wise men ; and the words of gentlemen,
even though harsh, are a source of joy, like the sandal-
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क्रौञ्चाद्रिरुद्दामदृषदृढोऽसौ यन्मार्गगानर्गलशातपाते ।
अभून्नवाम्भोजदलाभिजातः स भार्गवः सत्यमपूर्वसर्गः ॥४८८॥
परिच्छेदातीतः सकलवचनानामविषयः
पुनर्जन्मन्यस्मिन्ननुभवपथं यो न गतवान् ।
विवेकप्रध्वंसादुपचितमहामोहगहनो
विकारः कोप्यन्तर्जडयति च तापं च कुरुते ॥४८९॥
अयं वारामेको निलय इत रत्नाकर इति
श्रितोस्माभिस्तृष्णातरलितमनोभिर्जलनिधिः ।
क एवं जानीते निजकरपुटीकोटरगतं
क्षणादेनं ताम्यत्तिमिमकरमापास्यति मुनिः ॥४९०॥
समदमतङ्गजमदजलनिष्यन्द-
तरङ्गिणीपरिष्वङ्गात् ।
(7) [Quality contradicted by Substance]—
‘Verily, Parashurāma was a wonderful object of
creation, under the uninterrupted shower of whose arrows,
the Krauñcha mountain, though hard as stone, became
soft like the fresh lotus.’
(8) [Action contradicted by Action]—
‘Parichchhedātītaḥ etc., etc., (See above stanza No. 107.)
(9) [Action contradicted by Substance]—
‘With our hearts restless through desire (for water
and riches), we approached the Ocean, thinking it to be
the one reservoir of water and also the storehouse of
gems;—but who could know that the Sage (Agastya)
would hold the Ocean, with the fish and alligators flutter-
ing in it, in his hands and quaff it off in a moment ?’
(10) [Substance contradicted by Substance]—
‘O Ornament of the Earth! when you stand on the
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क्षितितिलक त्वयि तटजुषि
शंकरचूडापगापि कालिन्दी ॥४९१॥
स्वभावोक्तिस्तु डिम्भादेः स्वक्रियारूपवर्णनम् ॥ १११ ॥
स्वयोस्तदेकाश्रययोः। रूपं वर्णः संस्थानं च। उदाहरणम्—
पश्चादङ्घ्री प्रसार्य त्रिकनतिविततं द्राघयित्वाङ्गमुच्चैर्
आसज्याभुग्नकण्ठो मुखमुरसि सटां धूलिधूम्रां विधूय ।
घासग्रासाभिलाषादनवरतचलत्प्रोथतुण्डस्तुरङ्गो
मन्दं शब्दायमानो विलिखति शयनादुत्थितः क्ष्मां खुरेण ॥४९२॥
॥ ११०-१११॥
व्याजस्तुतिर्मुखे निन्दा स्तुतिर्वा रूढिरन्यथा ।
contact with the rivulet of the ichor of your intoxicated
elephants.’ 110-111.
XXIV—Svabhāvokti—Natural Description.
When, of the child and other things, their own action and
form are described,—it is Natural Description. 110-111.
‘Their own’—i. e., (the Action and the form) as sub-
sisting in themselves, ‘Form’—Colour and shape.
Example.—
‘The horse, rising from sleep, extends his hind legs,
stretches his body enlarged by the three dips on it back,
brings his mouth to his chest, with his neck curved ; and
flutters his dusted mane ; his lips quivering on account
of his desire for grass ; and softly neighing, he is
scratching the ground with his hoofs.’ 110-111.
XXV.—Vyājastuti—Dissembling Eulogy.
When, what, on the face of it, is praise or disparagement,
turns out to be otherwise, it is Dissembling Eulogy.
The name ‘Dissembling Eulogy’, ‘Vyājastuti’, is
applied to this figure in the sense that it is a eulogy
(‘stuti’) in the form of, or through dissimulation (‘vyāja’).
II—8

व्याजरूपा व्याजेन वा स्तुतिः । क्रमेणोदाहरणम्—
हित्वा त्वामुपरोधबन्ध्यमनसां मन्ये न मौलिः परो
लज्जावर्जनमन्तरेण न रमामन्यत्र संदृश्यते ।
यस्त्यागं तनुतेतरां मुखशतैरेत्याश्रितायाः श्रियः
प्राप्य त्यागकृतावमाननमपि त्वय्येव यस्याः स्थितिः ॥४९३॥
हे हेलाजितबोधिसत्त्व वचसां किं विस्तरैस्तोयधे
नास्ति त्वत्सदृशः परः परहिताधाने गृहीतव्रतः ।
तृष्यत्पान्थजनोपकारघटनावैमुख्यलब्धायशो-
भारप्रोद्वहने करोषि कृपया साहायकं यन्मरोः ॥४९४॥
सा सहोक्तिः सहार्थस्य बलादेकं द्विवाचकम् ॥ ११२ ॥

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एकार्थाभिधायकमपि सहार्थबलात् यत् उभयस्याप्यवगमकं
सा सहोक्तिः। यथा
सह दिअहणिसाहिँ दीहरा सासदण्डा
सह मणिवलयेहिँ बाहधारा गलन्ति।
तुह सुहअ विओए तीअ उब्बिग्गिरीए
सह अ तणुलदाए दुब्बला जीविदासा ॥४९५॥
श्वासदण्डादिगतं दीर्घत्वादि शाब्दम् दिवसनिशादिगतं तु
सहार्थसामर्थ्यात्प्रतिपद्यते ॥११२॥
विनोक्तिः सा विनान्येन यत्रान्यः सन्न नेतरः।
force of some synonym of the word ‘saha’ (along with),—it is
Connected Description. 112.
Where, a word, which really denotative of one thing,
comes, through the force of some word denoting ‘along
with’, to bring about the idea of both things,—it is
Connected Description.
Example—
‘O beautiful one, at her separation from you, her
breaths become long drawn out, along with the nights and
days ; her flow of tears continue to drop, along with the
bracelets ; and the very hope of life becomes feeble, along
with her slender body’.
Here the properties of (a) ‘being long drawn out’
[(b) ‘dropping’ and (c) ‘becoming feeble’] as applying
to (a) ‘breaths’, [(b) ‘tears’ and (c) ‘hope of life’]
are directly expressed by the words ; but to the (a) ‘night
and days’, [(b) ‘bracelects’, and (c) ‘slender body’],
they are applicable only through the force of the term
‘along with’. 112.
XXVII—Vinokti—Privative Description.