काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 271 संदिग्धमपि वाच्यमहिम्ना क्वचिन्नियतार्थप्रतीतिकृत्त्वेन व्याज- स्तुतिपर्यवसायित्वे गुणः । यथा पृथुकार्तस्वरपात्रं भूषितनिःशेषपरिजनं देव । विलसत्करेणुगहनं संप्रति सममावयोः सदनम् ॥३०६॥ प्रतिपाद्यप्रतिपादकयोर्ज्ञत्वे सत्यप्रतीतं गुणः । यथा in heaven), after having ruled over the world-kingdom attached to them (or, after having covered the earth with their blood), and having their quarrels set at rest (or having their bodies cut up).' [Here the thing that is wished to happen is indicative of inaus- piciousness.] In cases where, the force of the character of the thing described tends to point to a definite meaning, ‘Ambiguity’ is regarded as an excellence, on account of its leading up to the Figure of Dissembling Eulogy. For instance, in the following versu— ‘Pṛthukārtasvarapātraṁ bhūṣitaniḥśeṣaparijanaṁ deva Vilasatkareṇugahanaṁ saṁprati samamāvayoḥ sadanam’.— ‘O Lord, at present the houses of both of us (you and I) are similar : yours being full of large golden vessels (and mine, full of the piteous shriekings of children), with all the servants decorated (mine, with all the inmates lying on the ground), and teeming with large elephants (mine, covered with mouse-dust);’— [The fact of the words being addressed to the king point to the figure of Dissembling Eulogy, whereby the king’s affluence is described] In cases where the speaker and the person spoken to are both learned men, ‘unintelligibility’ is an excellence. For instance, in the following verse—