काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER IV 49 त्वामस्मि वच्मि विदुषां समवायोत्र तिष्ठति । आत्मीयां मतिमास्थाय स्थितिमत्र विधेहि तत् ॥२३॥ अत्र वचनादि उपदेशादिरूपतया परिणमति । क्वचिदनुपपद्यमानतया अत्यन्तं तिरस्कृतम् । यथा-- उपकृतं बहु तत्र किमुच्यते सुजनता प्रथिता भवता परम् । विदधदीदृशमेव सदा सखे सुखितमास्स्व ततः शरदां शतम् ॥२४॥

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The ‘expressed meaning’ is ‘not meant to be appli- cable’ only in cases where predominance attaches to that abstruse ‘suggested meaning’ which is based upon Indication ;—and it is such instances that should be under- stood as ‘Dhvani’, ‘suggestive poetry’; since they have been referred to in the text by the expression ‘dhvanau,’ ‘in suggestive poetry’.—(a) In this ‘suggestive poetry,’ the ‘expressed meaning’, being found to have no useful significance, becomes, in some cases, ‘transformed into another meaning’;—e. g. in the following— ‘I tell you here sits an assembly of learned men ; you should, therefore, remain here with your mind fully alert.’ Here, mere telling (having no significance at all) becomes transformed into advising (the suggestion being ‘I advise you that in this assembly of learned men, you should keep your mind alert, or else you will make yourself ridiculous’). (b) While in other cases, the ‘expressed meaning,’ being found to be inapplicable, becomes ‘entirely rejec- ted’;—e. g in the following— ‘Much benefit has been conferred upon me ;—what shall I say ?—Extreme gentlemanliness has been evinced by you ! May you, therefore, O friend, live in happiness for a hundred years, always behaving as you have done !’ 4