काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

264 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA वक्त्राद्यौचित्यवशाद्दोषोपि गुणः क्वचित्क्वचिन्नोभौ ॥५९॥ वक्तृप्रतिपाद्यव्यङ्ग्यवाच्यप्रकरणादीनां महिम्ना दोषोपि क्वचिद्गुणः क्वचिन्न दोषो न गुणः । तत्र वैयाकरणादौ वक्तरि प्रतिपाद्ये च रौद्रादौ च रसे व्यङ्ग्ये कष्टत्वं गुणः । क्रमेणोदाहरणम्— दीधीङ्वेवीङ्समः कश्चिद्गुणवृद्ध्योर्भाजनम् । क्विप्प्रत्ययनिभः कश्चिद्यत्र संनिहिते न ते ॥२१६॥ [ (a) ‘Mṛgachakṣuṣam’ is unmelodious ;—(b) ‘gaviti’ is ungramma- tical ;—and (c) ‘sūtrāmāṇam’ is unconventional; but being only reproductions of what has been said by another person, they do not constitute defects in the reproduction.] By virtue of the special character of the speaker and the rest, sometimes a defect becomes an excellence, and sometimes it is neither the one nor the other. · 59. By virtue of the importance attaching to the character of —(a) the speaker, (b) the person spoken to, (c) the meaning suggested, (d) the thing described, (e) the context and so forth,—a defect sometimes becomes an excellence ; and in certain cases it is neither a defect nor an excellence. For instance, when a grammarian is the person speak- ing, or the person spoken to,—or when the passion of ‘Fury’ forms the suggested meaning,—the Harshness of words becomes an excellence. Examples in order :— (a) ‘Dīdhīṅvevīṅsamaḥ kashchid Guṇavṛddhyorabhājanam Kvippratayanibhaḥ kashchid Yatra sannihite na te.’