काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

काव्यप्रकाशः अथ अष्टम उल्लासः एवं दोषानुक्त्वा गुणालंकारविवेकमाह- ये रसस्याङ्गिनो धर्माः शौर्यादय इवात्मनः । उत्कर्षहेतवस्ते स्युरचलस्थितयो गुणाः ॥ ६६ ॥ आत्मन एव हि यथा शौर्यादयो नाकारस्य तथा रसस्यैव माधुर्यादयो गुणा न वर्णानाम् ॥ क्वचित्तु शौर्यादिसमुचितस्याकारमहत्त्वादेर्दर्शनात् 'आकार एवास्य शूरः' इत्यादेर्व्यवहारादन्यत्राशूरेपि वितताकृतित्वमात्रेण 'शूरः' इति क्वापि शूरेपि मूर्तिलाघवमात्रेण 'अशूरः' इति अवि- CHAPTER VIII OF EXCELLENCES Having described the Defects, the Author next pro- ceeds to describe the difference between 'Excellences' and 'Ornaments' or 'Figures of speech'— Those properties that belong to the Passion, the principal factor,—conducive to its maturity and having an unceasing existence,—are called 'Guṇas', 'Excellences', in the same manner as Bravery and such qualities belong to the Soul. 66. Just as Bravery and such qualities belong to the Soul, not to the body,—so Sweetness and the other Excellences belong to the Passion, not to the letter. In some cases it so happens that people find bravery co-existing with the large-sized body, and come to speak of the body itself as 'brave'; and hence in another case also, on seeing a large body, they are led to believe, from II-