काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

372 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA निरङ्गं तु शुद्धम् ॥ यथा कुरङ्गीवाङ्गानि स्तिमितयति गीतध्वनिषु यत् सखीं कान्तोदन्तं श्रुतमपि पुनः प्रश्नयति यत् । अनिद्रं यच्चान्तः स्वपिति तदहो वेद्म्यभिनवां प्रवृत्तोस्याः सेक्तुं हृदि मनसिजः प्रेमलतिकाम् ॥४२३॥ माला तु पूर्ववत् ॥ ९४ ॥ मालोपमायामिवैकस्मिन् बहव आरोपिताः । यथा सौन्दर्यस्य तरङ्गिणी तरुणिमोत्कर्षस्य हर्षोद्गमः कान्तेः कार्मणकर्म नर्मरहसामुल्लासनावासभूः । (3) That which is devoid of constituents is the Pure Metaphor. [When the object alone by itself is imposed.] Example—‘While listening to songs, she keeps her limbs unmoved, like the doe ; asks her friend the news about her lover, even though she has already heard it ; she lies down within, without sleep ; from all this I gather that the Love-god has begun to water the fresh sprout of affection in her heart’. [Here, all that is imposed upon the affection is the character of the sprout ; and nothing is said regarding any detailed properties of the latter.] The ‘String’ is like the foregoing. 94. Just as in the ‘String Simile’ so in the ‘String Metaphor’ also, the character of several objects is imposed upon a single object. Example—‘That beloved one is the stream of beauty, the joyous effusion of youthful exuberance, the touch- stone of resplendence, the abode of loving confidences,