काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 251 (१२) यत्रानुल्लिखितार्थमेव निखिलं निर्माणमेतद्विधेर्- उत्कर्षप्रतियोगिकल्पनमपि न्यक्कारकोटिः परा । याताः प्राणभृतां मनोरथगतीरुल्लङ्घय यत्संपदस् तस्याभासमणीकृताश्मसु मणेरश्मत्वमेवोचितम्॥२७३॥ अत्र ‘छायामात्रमणीकृताश्मसु मणेस्तस्याश्मतैवोचिता’ इति सनियमत्वं वाच्यम् ॥ (१३) वक्त्राम्भोजं सरस्वत्यधिवसति सदा शोण एवाधरस्ते बाहुः काकुत्स्थवीर्यस्मृतिकरणपटुर्दक्षिणस्ते समुद्रः । (12) [Example of the ‘Too unspecific’ or ‘Too generalised’]— ‘In view of the Chintāmaṇi jewel, the entire creation of God becomes purposeless ; any mention of its excellences would be the highest insult to it ; and its plentiful richness has exceeded the bounds of human desire ; and yet when it gets mixed up with pebbles, which have been rendered gem-like through its reflection, it should be regarded as a pebble only’. Here some such specification as ‘through its mere reflec- tion’ is necessary ; and the right reading of the last foot therefore should be—‘chhāyāmātramaṇīkṛtāshmasu maṇes- tasyāshmataivochitā.’ [Such specification would imply that the other gems belong to an inferior category; and the absence of this specification places the Chintāmaṇi on the same level as the other gems, which is not what is intended by the poet.] (13) [Example of the ‘Too specific’]— ‘The Sarasvatī river (Goddess of Learning) resides permanently in your lotus-like mouth ; your under-lip is the Shoṇa (red) itself ; your arm, which is capable of reminding people of the valour of ‘Kākutstha, is the