काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

66 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA हास्यादीनां क्रमेणोदाहरणम्— आकुञ्च्य पाणिमशुचिं मम मूर्ध्नि वेश्या मन्त्राम्भसां प्रतिपदं पृषतैः पवित्रे । तारस्वनं प्रथितथूत्कमदात्प्रहारं हाहा हतोहमिति रोदिति विष्णुशर्मा ॥ ३७ ॥ हा मातस्त्वरितासि कुत्र किमिदं हा देवताः क्वाशिषः धिक् प्राणान् पतितोशनिर्हुतवहस्तेऽङ्गेषु दग्धे दृशौ । इत्थं घर्घरमध्यरुद्धकरुणाः पौराङ्गनानां गिर- श्चित्रस्थानपि रोदयन्ति शतधा कुर्वन्ति भित्तीरपि ॥३८॥ soon as I think of representing myself as fallen upon thy feet, my vision becomes blurred by the frequent outburst of tears ; cruel Fate brooks not our union even in the picture !’ [This is cited as an instance of ‘ privation due to curse’, as it describes a lover who was separated from his lady by reason of a curse of banishment pronounced upon him by his master.] The following are examples, in due order, of the Comic and other passions :— (1) “ Clenching her dirty hands, the harlot struck with a loud thumping sound upon my head, sanctified with drops of water consecrated with incantations ; —Ah ! I am damned !”—so cries Viṣṇu Śarman.” —(The Comic). (2) “ O mother, whereto hast thou hastened away ? What is this ? O Gods, where be the blessings ? Fie on our lives ! Thunderous fire has fallen on thy limbs ! Eyes scorched !”—These loud and pathetic lamentations of the female citizens make even statues weep and shatter even walls into hundreds of pieces’.—(The Pathetic).