काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 205 अत्र पूयशब्दः ॥ विनयप्रणयैककेतनं सततं योभवदङ्ग तादृशः । कथमद्य स तद्वदीक्ष्यतां तदभिप्रेतपदं समागतः ॥२०४॥ अथ प्रेतशब्दः ॥ कस्मिन् कर्मणि सामर्थ्यमस्य नोत्तपतेतराम् । अयं साधुचरस्तस्मादञ्जलिर्बध्यतामिह ॥२०५॥ अत्र किं पूर्वं साधुः उत साधुषु चरतीति संदेहः ॥ this knowledge of the scriptures,—of noble and respectable birth, the personified spirit of all that is spirited.’ The term ‘pūyā’ is ‘indecorous’ (as it denotes pus). (c) ‘Vinaya......tadabhipretapadaṁ samāgataḥ’. ‘O friend! he who used to be the one receptacle of humility and love,—how can be looked upon as the same, when he has attained the position he desired (of becoming the lover of another woman)?’ Here the term ‘preta’ is ‘indecorous’ (as it denotes the ‘departed dead’). (6) [The ‘Ambiguous’]— ‘Kasmin karmaṇi sāmarthyam...ayam sādhucharaḥ...iha’. ‘In what action does his capacity not shine?—And he is of virtuous character; so salute him.’ The exact meaning of the part (‘chara’) of the word ‘Sādhucharaḥ’ is ‘ambiguous’;—‘chara’ is an affix denoting ‘something that is past’, and in that sense ‘Sādhucharaḥ’ means ‘who was good in the past’; on the other hand, ‘chara’ may be a noun derived from the root ‘chara’ (to behave), in which case the compound ‘Sādhucharaḥ’ would mean ‘he who behaves virtuously’