काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

2 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA इहाभिधेयं सप्रयोजनमित्याह-- काव्यं यशसेऽर्थकृते व्यवहारविदे शिवेतरक्षतये । सद्यः परनिर्वृतये कान्तासंमिततयोपदेशयुजे ॥ २ ॥ _ कालिदासादीनामिव यश श्रीहर्षादेर्धावकादीनामिव धनम् राजादिगतोचिताचारपरिज्ञानम् आदित्यादेर्मयूरादीनामिवानर्थ- निवारणम् । सकलप्रयोजनमौलिभूतं समनन्तरमेव रसास्वादन- समुद्भूतं विगलितवेद्यान्तरमानन्दम् प्रभुसंमितशब्दप्रधान- वेदादिशास्त्रेभ्यः सुहृत्संमितार्थतात्पर्यवत्पुराणादीतिहासेभ्यश्च शब्दार्थयोर्गुणभावेन रसाङ्गभूतव्यापारप्रवणतया विलक्षणं The author now states the subject-matter, together with its aims : Poetry brings fame and riches, knowledge of the ways of the world and relief from evils, instant and perfect happiness, and counsel sweet as from the lips of a beloved consort.—(2) Fame—as to Kālidāsa and others , wealth—as to Dhāvaka and other poets, from Śrī Harṣa and other kings ; knowledge of rights and usages proper to kings and others ; relief from evils—as to Mayūra, whose hymn to the sun brought him a cure. The chief aim of poetry, however, is the attainment of the pure unmixed pleasure that follows instantane- ously on the sensing of Rasa. When poetry exercises its full functions, it helps the development of the various Rasas (Emotions), sublating the direct effects of the word and its meaning. As such poetry differs from the Veda, in which the word, in the form of a master's command, predominates ; it differs also from the Purāṇas, in which the predominant element is friendly counsel (not to be