काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

180 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA आनन्दसिन्धुरतिचापलशालिचित्त- संदाननैकसदनं क्षणमप्यमुक्ता। या सर्वदैव भवता तदुदन्तचिन्ता तान्तिं तनोति तव संप्रति धिग्धिगस्मान् ॥१६२॥ अत्र 'न मुक्ता' इति निषेधो विधेयः । यथा नवजलधरः संनद्धोयं न दृप्तनिशाचरः सुरधनुरिदं दूराकृष्टं न तस्य शरासनम् । अयमपि पटुर्धारासारो न बाणपरंपरा कनकनिकषस्निग्धा विद्युत् प्रिया न ममोर्वशी ॥१६३॥ What is meant to be emphasised here is that ‘his birth is unknown’ [and this has been made a subordinate factor in the compound ‘alakṣyajanmatā’]. The right read- ing would thus have been ‘alakṣitā janiḥ.’ Yet another example of the same defect.— ‘ Ānanda....................... ....................kṣaṇamapyamuktā .................................................... ....................dhigdhigasmān ’ ‘ Being the ocean of bliss, the one abode of the force enchaining the fickle heart, she was not left by you even for one moment ; and now her very name brings disgust in you,—woe to us !’ What is meant to be emphasised or predicated here is the negation—‘ not left ’;—and hence the negative particle should have stood by itself, as ‘ na muktā ’,—as it is in the verse ‘ navajaladharaḥ........na dṛptanishācharaḥ, ........... suradhanūridam...na tasya sharāsanam, ... ayamapi...... dhārā- sāro na bāṇaparamparā,........vidyut priyā na mamorvashī’— ‘ This is the fresh dense cloud, not a vainglorious demon ;