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182 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA अत्र ‘कार्यं विना मित्रम्’ इति विवक्षितम् ‘अकार्ये मित्रम् इति’ तु प्रतीतिः । यथा वा चिरकालपरिप्राप्तलोचनानन्ददायिनः । कान्ता कान्तस्य सहसा विदधाति गलग्रहम् ।। १६६।। अत्र ‘कण्ठग्रहम्’ इति वाच्यम् । यथा वा न त्रस्तं यदि नाम भूतकरुणासंतानशान्तात्मनः तेन व्यारुजता धनुर्भगवतो देवादभवानीपतेः । तत्पुत्रस्तु मदान्धतारकवधाद्विश्वस्य दत्तोत्सवः स्कन्दः स्कन्द इव प्रियोहमथ वा शिष्यः कथं विस्मृतः ।। १६७।। Here the sense meant to be conveyed by the word ‘akāryamitram’ is that he is friendly without any selfish motive—a disinterested friend ; whereas the word has also the other (repugnant) signification—that ‘he is a mitra, a companion, an associate, in akārya, evil deeds.’ Another example— ‘Chirakāla.............. ..................galagraham’ ‘Meeting after a long time her lover rejoicing her eyes, the loving girl suddenly offers him her embrace.’ Here the right word to use would have been ‘Kaṇṭha- graham’, ‘falling on his neck’. [The word that is used, however, ‘galagraham’, is better known as the name of a particular disease of the neck, and as such it has a most repugnant implication in the present context.] Another example— ‘Na trastam........ ....................bhavānīpateḥ ........................vismṛtaḥ.’ ‘When Rāma broke the bow of the husband of Bha- vānī, he did not fear that God himself, because his heart