काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 263 ख्यातेऽर्थे निर्हेतोरदुष्टता यथा चन्द्रं गता पद्मगुणान्न भुङ्क्ते पद्माश्रिता चान्द्रमसीमभिख्याम् । उमामुखं तु प्रतिपद्य लोला द्विसंश्रयां प्रीतिमवाप लक्ष्मीः ॥२९४॥ अत्र रात्रौ पद्मस्य संकोचः दिवा चन्द्रमसश्च निष्प्रभत्वं लोकप्रसिद्धमिति ‘न भुङ्क्ते’ इति हेतुं नापेक्षते ॥ अनुकरणे तु सर्वेषाम् । सर्वेषां श्रुतिकटुप्रभृतीनां दोषाणाम् । यथा मृगचक्षुषमद्राक्षमित्यादि कथयत्ययम् । पश्यैष च गवित्याह सूत्रामार्णं यजेत च ॥२९५॥ In cases where what is stated is a well-known fact, ‘inconsequentiality’ is not a defect. As an example we have the following— ‘Located in the Moon, grace does not imbibe the qualities of the lotus ; and when located in the lotus, it partakes not of the beauty of the Moon ; but when it rested in Umā’s face, the fickle grace obtained the charm belonging to both (Moon and Lotus).’ The statement that grace ‘does not imbibe &c. &c.’ does not need an explanation ; as it is well-known that the lotus is closed up during the night, and the Moon is lustreless during the day. In imitation, all the defects (cease to be defects). ‘All the defects’—‘unmelodiousness’ and the rest. As examples we have the following— ‘Mṛgachakṣuṣamadrākṣamityādi kathayatyayam Pashyaiṣa cha gavityāha sūtrāmāṇaṁ yajeta cha.’ ‘He says “I saw the fawn-eyed one’ and so forth ; he says “see the cow” and also “offer sacrifices to Indra.”’