काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER V 145 यदि शब्दश्रुतेरनन्तरं यावानर्थो लभ्यते तावति शब्दस्या- भिधैव व्यापारः ततः कथं 'ब्राह्मण पुत्रस्ते जातः ब्राह्मण कन्या ते गर्भिणी' इत्यादौ हर्षशोकादीनामपि न वाच्यत्वम् । कस्माच्च लक्षणा लक्षणीयेऽप्यर्थे दीर्घदीर्घतराभिधाव्यापारेणैव प्रतीतिसिद्धेः। किमिति च श्रुतिलिङ्गवाक्यप्रकरणस्थानसमाख्यानां पूर्वपूर्वबली- यस्त्वम् इत्यन्विताभिधानवादेपि विधेरपि सिद्धं व्यङ्ग्यत्वम् ।। words of the sentence itself (by Indication, if not by direct Denotation). [The distinction between such 'Indication' and the 'Suggestion' under dispute is that the indicated meaning is apprehended immediately from the words themselves, while what is suggested comes to be grasped some time after the direct denoted meaning has been comprehended]. Further, if we were to accept the view that in regard to anything and everything that happens to be perceived on the hearing of a certain word, the action of the word is always 'Denotation' only,—then, in the case of the words 'O Brāhmaṇa, a son has been born to you—and your unmarried daughter is enciente'—why should not joy and dejection that become manifested on the face of the man to whom they are addressed be regarded as the mean- ing of the words? 'Why too, in that case, admit of 'Indication' either (as a Secondary Verbal process) ? For in the case of 'Indication' also, the gradually extending reach of 'Denotation' itself could account for the desired signification.—Why again should there be any gradually descending authority attaching to 'Direct Vedic Declara- tion', 'Indicative Power', 'Syntactical Connection', 'Con- text', 'Position' and 'Name' (as the means of ascertain- ing what accessory is subservient to what sacrificial act) ? From all this it follows that under the theory of the 'Anvitābhidhāna' also, 'the affirmation (implied by the 10