काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER VII 295 अत्र कामुकस्य दन्तक्षतादीनि यथा चमत्कारकारीणि तथा जिनस्य । यथा वा परः शृङ्गारी तदवलोकनात्सस्पृहस्तद्वत् एतद्दृशो मुनय इति साम्यविवक्षा ॥ क्रामन्त्यः क्षतकोमलाङ्गुलिगलद्रक्तैः सदर्भाः स्थलीः पादैः पातितयावकैरिव गलद्बाष्पाम्बुधौतानना । भीता भर्तृकरावलम्बितकरास्त्वच्छत्रुनार्योऽधुना दावाग्नि परितो भ्रमन्ति पुनरप्युद्यद्विवाहा इव ॥३३८॥ The meaning is that the marks made on the body of the Buddha by the lioness looked as charming as those made on the body of the lover by his beloved woman ; or that, ' just as the erotically inclined man looks covetingly upon the marks of endearment made by a woman upon the body of another man, so did the sages look covetingly upon the marks upon Buddha’s body made by the lioness ' ; and here both the Passions (the Heroic and the Erotic) are meant to be of equal importance. (c) In the following verse— ‘The frightened wives of your enemies sprinkle, with their feet on the grassy ground, blood issuing from their fingers, and appear as if dropping the red paint of their feet ; their faces are washed with flowing tears ; and supporting themselves on the hands of their husbands, they walk round the forest-fire, appearing as if they were again going through their marriage-rites '.— The principal factor meant to be delineated by the clever statement is the speaker’s regard for the king, and to this principal factor, both, the Pathetic as well as the Erotic, are equally subservient ; and under the circumstances,