काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

58 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA रत्यादिको नियतप्रमातृगतत्वेन स्थितोपि साधारणोपायबलात् तत्कालविगलितपरिमितप्रमातृभाववशोन्मिषितवेद्यान्तरसंपर्क- शून्यापरिमितभावेन प्रमात्रा सकलसहृदयसंवादभाजा साधा- रण्येन स्वाकार इवाभिन्नोपि गोचरीकृतश्चर्व्यमाणतैकप्राणो consciousness merged in the universal ; and this repre- senting the mental condition of all men of poetic sensibi- lity, he apprehends the said emotion ; though, having been manifested in its most generalised form, it has no existence apart from its own apprehension ; in fact its sole essence consists in its being relished, and it lasts as long as the Excitants, Ensuants and Variants continue to exist ;—it is relished in the same manner as a mixed beverage ; and when it is relished, it appears as if it were vibrating before the eyes, entering the inmost recesses of the heart, inspiriting the entire body, and eclipsing everything else ; it makes one feel the rapturous bliss of Brahman ;—the emotion thus manifested becomes the source of transcendent charm and is spoken of as ‘rasa’, ‘Passion’.—This Passion is not an effect, something pro- duced (by the excitants and the rest) ; for if it were an effect, it would continue to exist even after these excitants and the rest had ceased to exist. [As the jar continues to exist even after the destruction of the stick and other causes that had operated in its production. ] Nor is it something to be made known (by the excitants etc.); as it is never an accomplished entity (like the jar, and it is only an accomplished entity that can be made known) ;—in reality, it is only manifested by the Excitants, Ensuants and Variants, and is something to be relished.—Against this, the question may be asked—“ where has anything been seen to exist apart from what produces and from what makes