काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

130 EXPLANATORY NOTES Cf. संक्षेपमिममुक्त्वाऽस्य विस्तरोऽतः प्रवक्ष्यते । इष्टं हि विदुषां लोके समासव्यासभाषणम् ॥ ( काम. सू. 1-87 ) ]. l. 6. सैषः । In ordinary prose writing स एषः is the correct form. In poetry alone this usage is allowed by Pāṇini ( 6-1-134 ) in accordance with the usages सैष दाशरथी रामः etc. l. 9. मीमांसा यत्र वाग्भवः । This is the reading found in all MSS. of the work and this may be construed as follows:—इयं सा काव्यमीमांसाख्या मीमांसा=विचारः। यत्र=यस्मिन्विचारे। वाग्भवः=मदीयो वाग्भवः एतद्ग्रन्थ- रूपः ॥ Some scholars, however, suggest here an alternative reading as मीमांस्यो यत्र वाग्भवः, and this may be construed as: यत्र वाग्भवः= 'poetical compositions' मीमांस्यः।

• [ l. 11. यायावरीयः=यायावरकुलोत्पन्नः । ] l. 12. कविभ्यः । This word indicates that all poets are Adhi- kārīs or competent to study this science.

Adhyāya II. l. 15. शास्त्रनिर्देशः। In the first chapter Rājaśekhara gives a list of subjects to be dealt with in his work and, therefore, he names it as Śāstrasaṅgraha. The second chapter he calls as Śāstra- nirdeśa because he states here the names of different Śāstras which should first be studied by a poet before beginning to compose anything. Both Kauṭilya and Vātsyāyana have also given similar instructions in the corresponding chapters of their works. l. 16. वाङ्मयम्=literature. Literature is of two kinds: Śāstras and Kāvyas. As the nature of the Kāvyas is to be discussed in this work from the 3rd chapter onwards, here only the nature and divisions of the Śāstras are treated. l. 17. पूर्वम्। Why should the study of the Śāstras be neces- sary for poets before composing any poem? The answer to this question has been given thus. None can see in darkness without the aid of a lamp, even so, no poet can attempt at writing poems without having efficiency in the Śāstras. Also the Kāvyas follow the Śāstras in every way (see. p. 4. l. 4-5); therefore, no Kāvya can be composed without having a good knowledge of the Śāstras.

• [ ll. 18–22. Cf. Sāyaṇa's preface to the Ṛgveda-Bhāṣya, Jaimini Sūtra II. 1. 30. etc. and Viramitrodaya Paribhāṣāprakāśa]