काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

340 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA इत्यादिः श्लेषस्य चोपमाद्यलंकारविविक्तोस्ति विषय इति । द्वयोर्योगे संकर एव । उपपत्तिपर्यालोचने तु उपमाया एवायं युक्तो विषयः । अन्यथा विषयापहार एव पूर्णोपमायाः स्यात् । न च 'अबिन्दुसुन्दरी नित्यं गलल्लावण्यबिन्दुका' इत्यादौ विरोधप्रतिभोत्पत्तिहेतुः श्लेषः अपि तु श्लेषप्रतिभोत्पत्ति- Deva tvameva pātālamāśānāṁ tvaṁ nibandhanam Tvaṁ chāmaramarudbhūmireko lokatrayātmakaḥ [Which, (a) as addressed to Viṣṇu, means—‘O Viṣṇu, you are the nether region, the bounds of space, and the land of the immortals;—thus centralising in yourself all the three regions’:—and (b) as addressed to the king— ‘O king, you alone are the thorough protector, the ful- filment of all desires; you are also the recipient of the wind flowing from the royal chowries; thus though one, you are threefold’.] ;— If, however, we admit the presence of both the figures here, it will have to be regarded as a case of ‘combina- tion’ of figures. In reality however, on a full review of all the circumstances, the passage in question (‘the face is blooming like the lotus’) must be taken as an ins- tance of Simile; for if it were not so, there could be no instance of the ‘Complete Simile’ at all. [As in the case of Simile, so in the case of Contradic- tion also] some people have held that in certain cases Pun is indicative of the ‘semblance of Contradiction’ also, e.g., in the passage ‘Abindusundarī nityaṁ galallā- vaṇyabindukā.’ (‘She is dripping with loveliness, and is (a) beautiful as the Moon reflected in water (b) beautiful without drops) the Pun contained in the word ‘abindusun- darī’ serves to indicate the ‘semblance of contradiction’ (as between ‘without drops’ and ‘dripping’.)